Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Significant Vendor (Details Textual)

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Significant Vendor (Details Textual) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2014
Significant Vendor [Line Items]            
Accounts Payable, Current $ 984,000us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent   $ 984,000us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent     $ 297,000us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
Accrued Liabilities, Current 491,000us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent   491,000us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent     98,000us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Research and Development Expense 731,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense 585,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense 1,916,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense 1,137,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense    
General and Administrative Expense Settlement 1,302,000us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 1,051,000us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 2,352,000us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 1,999,000us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense    
Accounts Receivable, Net, Current, Total 584,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent   584,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent     205,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
Revenue, Net, Total 367,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 1,186,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet 0us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet    
Settlement Agreement [Member]            
Significant Vendor [Line Items]            
Accounts Payable, Current         1,200,000us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= ibio_SettlementAgreementMember
 
Accrued Liabilities, Current         1,700,000us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= ibio_SettlementAgreementMember
 
Research and Development Expense     1,040,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= ibio_SettlementAgreementMember
     
Prepaid Expense         1,000,000us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseCurrentAndNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= ibio_SettlementAgreementMember
 
General and Administrative Expense Settlement     700,000us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= ibio_SettlementAgreementMember
     
Earnings From Reversal of Expenses     1,900,000ibio_EarningsFromReversalOfExpenses
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= ibio_SettlementAgreementMember
     
Interest Expense, Total     122,000us-gaap_InterestExpense
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= ibio_SettlementAgreementMember
     
Amended Agreement [Member]            
Significant Vendor [Line Items]            
Research and Development Expense         1,007,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= ibio_AmendedAgreementMember
 
Accounts Receivable, Net, Current, Total         1,007,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= ibio_AmendedAgreementMember
 
Revenue, Net, Total 367,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= ibio_AmendedAgreementMember
  1,186,000us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= ibio_AmendedAgreementMember
     
Fraunhofer [Member]            
Significant Vendor [Line Items]            
Accounts Payable, Current 584,000us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= ibio_FraunhoferMember
  584,000us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= ibio_FraunhoferMember
    205,000us-gaap_AccountsPayableCurrent
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= ibio_FraunhoferMember
Accrued Liabilities, Current 338,000us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= ibio_FraunhoferMember
  338,000us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= ibio_FraunhoferMember
     
Research and Development Expense 367,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= ibio_FraunhoferMember
306,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= ibio_FraunhoferMember
1,186,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= ibio_FraunhoferMember
(451,000)us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= ibio_FraunhoferMember
   
Royalty Expense     200,000us-gaap_RoyaltyExpense
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= ibio_FraunhoferMember
     
Royalty Guarantees, Commitments, Amount $ 4,000,000us-gaap_RoyaltyGuaranteesCommitmentsAmount
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= ibio_FraunhoferMember
  $ 4,000,000us-gaap_RoyaltyGuaranteesCommitmentsAmount
/ us-gaap_CounterpartyNameAxis
= ibio_FraunhoferMember