Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Notes Payable (Details 3)

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Notes Payable (Details 3) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Nov. 12, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Oct. 05, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Feb. 13, 2015
Feb. 05, 2015
Credit facility disclosures              
Shares of common stock sold   19,488,814us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued 24,926,014us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued   19,488,814us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued 5,437,200us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued  
Value of common stock sold   $ 194,888us-gaap_CommonStockValue $ 249,260us-gaap_CommonStockValue   $ 194,888us-gaap_CommonStockValue    
Public offering price (in dollars per share)           $ 2.75us-gaap_SharePrice $ 2.75us-gaap_SharePrice
PDL              
Credit facility disclosures              
Shares of common stock sold 643,382us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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Value of common stock sold 1,750,000us-gaap_CommonStockValue
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Public offering price (in dollars per share) $ 2.72us-gaap_SharePrice
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Three Peaks              
Credit facility disclosures              
Shares of common stock sold 1,375,969us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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Value of common stock sold 3,550,000us-gaap_CommonStockValue
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Public offering price (in dollars per share) $ 2.58us-gaap_SharePrice
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Term Loan | Three Peaks              
Credit facility disclosures              
Term 6 years            
Interest payable 9.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Face amount 25,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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25,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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  25,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Basis spread on fixed rate, option 1 LIBOR LIBOR LIBOR        
Basis spread on fixed rate, option 2 1.00%axgn_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnFixedRateOption2
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1.00%axgn_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnFixedRateOption2
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1.00%axgn_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnFixedRateOption2
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Effective interest rate (as a percent)   10.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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10.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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Optional future additional borrowing 7,000,000axgn_DebtInstrumentOptionalAdditionalBorrowings
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Upon certain events, the percentage of outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan the Company has the option to prepay and the lender has a right to demand payment for on or prior to the first anniversary of the applicable Closing Date 120.00%axgn_UponCertainEventsMultipleOfOutstandingTermLoanLenderHasRightToDemandOnOrPriorToFirstAnniversaryOfApplicableClosingDate
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Upon certain events, the percentage of outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan the Company has the option to prepay and the lender has a right to demand payment for after the first anniversary but before the second anniversary of the applicable Closing Date 135.00%axgn_UponCertainEventsMultipleOfOutstandingTermLoanLenderHasRightToDemandAfterFirstAnniversaryButBeforeSecondAnniversaryOfApplicableClosingDate
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Upon certain events, the percentage of outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan the Company has the option to prepay and the lender has a right to demand payment for after the second anniversary but before the third anniversary of the applicable Closing Date 150.00%axgn_UponCertainEventsMultipleOfOutstandingTermLoanLenderHasRightToDemandAfterSecondAnniversaryButBeforeThirdAnniversaryOfApplicableClosingDate
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Upon certain events, the internal rate of return of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan the Company has the option to prepay and the lender has a right to demand after the third anniversary of the applicable Closing Date 16.25%axgn_UponCertainEventsInternalRateOfReturnOfOutstandingTermLoanLenderHasRightToDemandAfterThirdAnniversaryOfApplicableClosingDate
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Upon certain events, the additional percentage of the originally advanced Term Loan amount owed 3.00%axgn_UponCertainEventsAdditionalPercentageOfOriginallyAdvancedTermLoanOwed
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Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement | PDL              
Credit facility disclosures              
Term       8 years      
Royalty percentage on net revenue       9.95%axgn_RoyaltyPercentageOfNetRevenue
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Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement | Three Peaks              
Credit facility disclosures              
Term 10 years            
Royalty percentage on net revenue 3.75%axgn_RoyaltyPercentageOfNetRevenue
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3.75%axgn_RoyaltyPercentageOfNetRevenue
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Revenue Interest Purchase Agreement | Three Peaks | Maximum              
Credit facility disclosures              
Royalty percentage on net revenue 4.80%axgn_RoyaltyPercentageOfNetRevenue
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Royalty revenue per year $ 30,000,000us-gaap_RoyaltyRevenue
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