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Commitments and Contingencies (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
sqft
Jan. 30, 2015
Feb. 24, 2015
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]      
Office Space 3,713ljpc_OfficeAreaCoveredUnderOperatingLeaseAgreement    
Approximate total lease payments $ 300,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue    
Twenty-five Month Sublease Agreement, Expiring March 31, 2017 [Member]      
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]      
Lease agreement period   25 months  
Area of space, in sqft   4,047us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
/ us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseAxis
= ljpc_TwentyfiveMonthSubleaseAgreementExpiringMarch312017Member
 
Total lease payments through the end of the lease   93,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueFutureMinimumSubleaseRentals
/ us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseAxis
= ljpc_TwentyfiveMonthSubleaseAgreementExpiringMarch312017Member
 
Number of options to extend lease   2ljpc_OperatingLeasesNumberofOptionstoExtendLease
/ us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseAxis
= ljpc_TwentyfiveMonthSubleaseAgreementExpiringMarch312017Member
 
Lease extension period   6 months  
Thirty-two Month Sublease Agreement, Expiring October 31, 2017 [Member]      
Property Subject to or Available for Operating Lease [Line Items]      
Lease agreement period     32 months
Area of space, in sqft     18,599us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
/ us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseAxis
= ljpc_ThirtytwoMonthSubleaseAgreementExpiringOctober312017Member
Total lease payments through the end of the lease     $ 1,466,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueFutureMinimumSubleaseRentals
/ us-gaap_PropertySubjectToOrAvailableForOperatingLeaseAxis
= ljpc_ThirtytwoMonthSubleaseAgreementExpiringOctober312017Member