Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail)

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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Apr. 07, 2017
Sep. 09, 2016
Mar. 31, 2017
Jan. 31, 2017
Jan. 31, 2016
Jun. 30, 2017
Jun. 30, 2016
Jun. 30, 2017
Jun. 30, 2016
Dec. 31, 2016
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Employee Stock Purchase Plan to eligible employees, Reckoning fair value percentage during offering period           85.00%   85.00%    
Employee Stock Purchase Plan to eligible employees, compensation expense recognized           $ 40,000 $ 30,000 $ 75,000 $ 56,000  
General and Administrative Expense           $ 8,524,000 6,637,000 16,509,000 12,666,000  
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense               $ 3,200,000 2,400,000  
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights           $ 4.02   $ 4.02    
Share-based Compensation               $ 7,736,000 5,889,000  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate               0.00%    
Warrants Issued       853,677            
Private Placement [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Percentage Of Placement Agent Fee     10.00%              
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs     $ 42,000              
Longterm Incentive Program [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested in Period, Fair Value               $ 1,500,000   $ 1,400,000
Capital Units, Authorized       100,000,000            
Consultants [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense               $ 4,300,000 3,500,000  
Checkpoint [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense           $ 2,400,000        
Dr. Rosenwald [Member] | Longterm Incentive Program [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period       552,698 510,434          
Mustang [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Proceeds from Issuance of Private Placement       $ 8,536,774            
Mustang [Member] | Private Placement [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights           $ 8.50   $ 8.50    
Stock Issued During Period, Value of Warrants Excercised               $ 65,000    
Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Research And Development Expense           $ 10,000 4,000 12,000 9,000  
General and Administrative Expense           10,000 4,000 12,000,000,000 9,000  
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense           19,000 9,000 24,000 18,000  
Proceeds from issuance of Common stock               34,500,000    
Mustang Bio, Inc [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross 200,000                  
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Not yet Recognized, Stock Options           2,100,000   $ 2,100,000    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate 0.00%                  
Aggregate Number of Shares of Common Stock,Percentage               2.50%    
Stock Issuance Costs               $ 1,200,000    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Description               Both grants have the following vesting schedule: 50% of the options vest over-time with 25% vesting over 12 months of continued service, with the remaining 25% vesting in 12 equal installments thereafter, subject to continued employment. The remaining 50% vest and become exercisable upon the occurrence of the following milestones being achieved: (i) 25% of the grant vest upon the dosing of the first patient in the first Phase 2 clinical trial of any Mustang product candidate, (ii) 25% of the grant vest upon the dosing of the first patient in the first Phase 2 clinical trial of a second Mustang product candidate, (iii) 25% of the grant vest upon Mustangs achievement of a fully-diluted market capitalization of $500,000,000 and (iv) 25% of the grant vest upon Mustangs achievement of a fully-diluted market capitalization of $1,000,000,000.    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term               9 years 9 months 22 days    
Mustang Bio, Inc [Member] | Private Placement [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Stock Issued During Period Shares warrants Exercised               2,500    
Mustang Bio, Inc [Member] | Chief Executive Officer [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross 1,041,675                  
Mustang Bio, Inc [Member] | Employee [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 5.73                  
Mustang Bio, Inc [Member] | Non-employee [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition               1 year 9 months 18 days   0 years
Share-based Compensation               $ 2,800,000 2,800,000 $ 0
Journey Medical Corporation [Member] | Employee [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Net of Forfeitures               320,000    
Journey Medical Corporation [Member] | Non-employee [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition               1 year 2 months 12 days   10 months 24 days
Share-based Compensation               $ 200,000 200,000  
Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense             800,000 3,400,000 1,900,000  
Share-based Compensation           1,900,000 500,000 2,400,000 1,200,000  
JMC [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense           73,000 147,000 119,000 328,000  
Helocyte Inc [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense           34,000 93,000 $ 81,000 93,000  
Helocyte Inc [Member] | Non-employee [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition               0 years   11 days
Share-based Compensation           25,000 68,000 $ 62,000 68,000 $ 33,000
Cellvation Inc [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense           6,000   14,000    
Cellvation Inc [Member] | Non-employee [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Share-based Compensation           2,000   5,000    
National Holdings Corporation [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense           $ 183,000   $ 183,000    
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights           $ 3.25   $ 3.25    
National Holdings Corporation [Member] | Private Placement [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Percentage Of Placement Agent Fee   10.00%                
Proceeds from Issuance of Private Placement       $ 55,500,000            
Warrants Issued       2,134,193            
Private Placement Stock Units Shares To Be Issued           10,000   10,000    
Percentage Of Shares Issued To Placement Agent       10.00%            
National Holdings Corporation [Member] | Mustang Bio, Inc [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Proceeds from Issuance of Private Placement     64,000              
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs               $ 5,500,000    
National Holdings Corporation [Member] | Mustang Bio, Inc [Member] | Private Placement [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Proceeds from Issuance of Private Placement     $ 16,000              
Common Stock [Member] | Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Shares Issued, Price Per Share           $ 6.00   $ 6.00    
Stockholders' Equity, Reverse Stock Split               3-For-1    
Research and Development Expense [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense           $ 2,400,000 1,100,000      
General and Administrative Expense [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense           2,200,000 1,900,000   2,400,000  
General and Administrative Expense [Member] | Longterm Incentive Program [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Share-based Compensation           200,000 100,000 $ 300,000 100,000  
General and Administrative Expense [Member] | Helocyte Inc [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Share-based Compensation           8,000 25,000 $ 18,000 25,000  
Restricted Stock [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition               2 years 3 months 18 days    
Share-based Compensation           64,000 100,000 $ 100,000 300,000  
Restricted Stock [Member] | Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Share-based Compensation           400,000 $ 400,000 1,000,000 700,000  
Restricted Stock [Member] | JMC [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Share-based Compensation           $ 4,000   $ 8,000    
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition               2 years 4 months 24 days    
Share-based Compensation               $ 2,700,000 $ 6,400,000  
Employee Stock Option [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Common Stock issued in connection with the first ESPP offering               199,995    
Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance           5   5    
Employee Stock Option [Member] | Journey Medical Corporation [Member]                    
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]                    
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate               0.00%