DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details Narrative) - USD ($)				1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 03, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Feb. 25, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Jun. 29, 2021	Jun. 28, 2021	May 25, 2021	Feb. 28, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Jun. 25, 2020	Jun. 24, 2020
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Service revenue								$ 1,400,000			$ 1,740,855
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues						$ 99,055
Convertible Preferred stock, par value				$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01				$ 0.01		$ 0.01		$ 0.20				$ 0.01
Convertible Debt				$ 1,000,000	$ 1,000,000	$ 1,000,000				$ 1,000,000		$ 1,000,000
Warrants to purchase common stock				42,737,500	42,737,500	42,737,500				42,737,500		42,737,500
Issuance of additional warrants						$ 2,023,552
Additional common stock issued				20,000,000	20,000,000	20,000,000				20,000,000		20,000,000
Net losses						$ (3,231,280)		$ 582,091		$ (6,034,360)	(4,075,803)
Working capital				$ 13,400,000	$ 13,400,000	13,400,000				13,400,000		$ 13,400,000
Contingent liability				$ 2,600,000	$ 2,600,000	$ 2,600,000				2,600,000		$ 2,600,000
Proceeds from private placement										$ 1,613,200
Warrant term				2 years 1 month 24 days	2 years 1 month 24 days	2 years 1 month 24 days				2 years 1 month 24 days		2 years 1 month 24 days
Investor [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date										Mar. 31, 2022
Bridge Financiers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Proceeds from private placement					$ 800,000
Autotelic Inc [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Proceeds from private placement					$ 300,000
Oncotelic Warrant [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase common stock				20,000,000.0	20,000,000.0	20,000,000.0				20,000,000.0		20,000,000.0
Oncotelic Warrant [Member] | Investor [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase common stock				200,000,000,000	200,000,000,000	200,000,000,000				200,000,000,000		200,000,000,000
Common Stock [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues						$ 4,000
Number of shares issued						400,000
Conversion of debt, shares								569,800	3,962,145
Common shares issued conversion of debt, shares		278,187,847					278,187,847
Preferred Stock [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of shares issued		278,188
Conversion of debt, shares
Common shares issued conversion of debt, shares							(278,188)
Edgepoint Common Stock [Member] | Warrant [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase common stock				50,000	50,000	50,000				50,000		50,000
Warrant exercise price per share				$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 1.00				$ 1.00		$ 1.00
Edgepoint Common Stock [Member] | Oncotelic Warrant [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase common stock				50,000	50,000	50,000				50,000		50,000
Warrant exercise price per share				$ 0.20	$ 0.20	$ 0.20				$ 0.20		$ 0.20
Warrants and Rights Outstanding				$ 10,000	$ 10,000	$ 10,000				$ 10,000		$ 10,000
Mateon Common Stock [Member] | Warrant [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Warrant exercise price per share				$ 0.20	$ 0.20	$ 0.20				$ 0.20		$ 0.20
Warrant term				3 years	3 years	3 years				3 years		3 years
Convertible Promissory Note [Member] | Mateon Common Stock [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Conversion of debt, price per share				$ 0.18	$ 0.18	$ 0.18				$ 0.18		$ 0.18
One Convertible Promissory Note [Member] | Edgepoint Common Stock [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Conversion of debt, price per share				1.00	1.00	1.00				1.00		1.00
One Convertible Promissory Note [Member] | Mateon Common Stock [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Conversion of debt, price per share				$ 0.18	$ 0.18	$ 0.18				$ 0.18		$ 0.18
Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Warrant term				5 years	5 years	5 years		5 years		5 years	5 years	5 years
Maximum [Member] | Convertible Promissory Note [Member] | Edgepoint Common Stock [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Conversion of debt, shares										25,000
Maximum [Member] | One Convertible Promissory Note [Member] | Edgepoint Common Stock [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Conversion of debt, shares										25,000
Maximum [Member] | One Convertible Promissory Note [Member] | Mateon Common Stock [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Conversion of debt, shares										138,889
Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Warrant term				3 years	3 years	3 years		3 years		3 years	3 years	3 years
JH Darbie & Co Inc [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of shares issued and sold				10
Proceeds from private placement													$ 5,000,000
Payment of direct placement fees												$ 700,000
Placement agent fees												$ 650,000
Warrant term				5 years	5 years	5 years				5 years		5 years
Percentage of purchase units													10.00%
JH Darbie & Co Inc [Member] | Oncotelic Warrant [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase common stock				2,000,000.0	2,000,000.0	2,000,000.0				2,000,000.0		2,000,000.0
JH Darbie & Co Inc [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of shares issued and sold			100
JH Darbie & Co Inc [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of shares issued and sold			40
GMP and Autotelic BIO [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Service revenue								$ 900,000			$ 1,200,000
Supplemental Agreement [Member] | Golden Mountain Partners LLC [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Payment for services										$ 1,200,000
Service revenue								900,000			1,200,000
Debt financing								$ 2,000,000			$ 2,000,000
Equity Purchase Agreement [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Proceeds from private placement					$ 100,000
Equity Purchase Agreement [Member] | Peak One Opportunity Fund, L.P [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues	$ 10,000,000.0
Convertible Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.01
Geneva Agreement [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Convertible Debt															$ 103,750,000,000	$ 203,750
Proceeds from private placement					300,000
Geneva Agreement [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Convertible Debt															$ 1,200,000
Subscription Agreements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Convertible Debt				$ 1,892,289	$ 1,892,289	$ 1,892,289				1,892,289		$ 1,892,289
Subscription Agreements [Member] | Edgepoint AI, Inc [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues										$ 50,000
Number of shares issued and sold										100
Number of shares issued										25,000
Stock value, price per share				$ 1.00	$ 1.00	$ 1.00				$ 1.00		$ 1.00
Restated 2015 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Increase the number of shares of common stock available for issuance																			27,250,000	7,250,000
Increasing the maximum number of stock awards																			1,000,000	500,000
Common stock, shares authorized																	750,000,000		750,000,000	150,000,000
Since Inception Date [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Net losses										$ 27,700,000