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2424405 - Disclosure - Stock Incentive Plans - Weighted-Average Assumptions Used for Option Grants (Detail)
(http://www.alimerasciences.com/role/StockIncentivePlansWeightedAverageAssumptionsUsedForOptionGrantsDetail)
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0001267602 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
2015-01-01 - 2015-12-31
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
 
 
Risk-free interest rate (percent)
1.57%  
1.55%  
Volatility factor (percent)
93.54%  
96.80%  
Grant date fair value of common stock options (in dollars per share)
1.55  
3.58  
Weighted-average expected life
P5Y11M27D  
P6Y0M10D  
Assumed forfeiture rate (percent)
10.00%  
10.00%