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2410403 - Disclosure - Stock Options, Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Restricted Stock (Details) - Weighted-average Assumptions for Stock Options
(http://www.akorn.com/role/StockOptionsEmployeeStockPurchasePlanAndRestrictedStockDetailsWeightedAverageAssumptionsForStockOptions)
TableSchedule of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Table]
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0000003116 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
2015-01-01 - 2015-12-31
2014-01-01 - 2014-12-31
Range [Axis]Range [Axis]Range [Axis]
Minimum [Member]Maximum [Member]Range [Domain]Minimum [Member]Maximum [Member]Range [Domain]Minimum [Member]Maximum [Member]Range [Domain]
Assumptions used in estimating fair value of stock options
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Expected volatility
46.00%  
50.00%  
 
42.00%  
47.00%  
 
40.00%  
71.00%  
 
Expected life (in years)
  
P4Y8M23D  
  
P4Y9M18D  
  
P4Y1M6D  
Risk-free interest rate
0.90%  
1.80%  
 
1.50%  
1.60%  
 
0.90%  
2.20%  
 
Dividend yield
  
0.00%  
  
0.00%  
  
0.00%  
Fair value per stock option (in Dollars per share)
  
11.13  
  
14.59  
  
12.89