2.4.0.8109 - Disclosure - Reclassificationstruefalsefalse1false falsefalseeol_PE5372----1310-Q0004_STD_181_20130630_0http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000805326duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_EquityAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Equity [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_DisclosureOfReclassificationAmountTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 18px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"><b><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"><b>3. Reclassifications</b></font></b></font></p> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> <!-- xbrl,body --></font> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Certain amounts reported in previous periods have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation or to the presentation used in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December&#xA0;31, 2012.</font></font></p> <!-- xbrl,n --></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for any adjustments made during the period to avoid double counting in comprehensive income items displayed as part of net income that also had been displayed as part of other comprehensive income in that period or earlier periods. These adjustments include reclassifications to net income of items in accumulated comprehensive income, such as deferred gains or losses on qualifying hedges when hedged item reported in net income, holding gains or losses on available-for-sale securities transferred into trading category, unrealized holding gains or losses on debt securities transferred from held-to-maturity category into available-for-sale category and accumulated translation adjustment attributable to foreign subsidiary or investment in foreign entity upon sale or liquidation.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 31 -Article 5 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 04 -Article 3 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 15 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e689-108580 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 17 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=d3e716-108580 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Reclassification Adjustments -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6522872 false0ReclassificationsfalseReclassificationsUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://emisphere.com/taxonomy/role/NotesToFinancialStatementsDisclosureOfReclassificationAmountTextBlock12