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Line	Label	Object Class	Period Type	Balance	Report ElementName
1	00000001 - Document - Document and Entity Information	Network	*	*	http://biofrontera.com/role/DocumentAndEntityInformation
2	Implied Table	Table	*	*	implied:Table
3	Document And Entity Information	Abstract			BFRA:DocumentAndEntityInformationAbstract
4	Entity Registrant Name	Concept (Text/String)	For Period		dei:EntityRegistrantName
5	Entity Central Index Key	Concept (CIK Number)	For Period		dei:EntityCentralIndexKey
6	Document Type	Concept (Submission Type)	For Period		dei:DocumentType
7	Document Period End Date	Concept (Date)	For Period		dei:DocumentPeriodEndDate
8	Amendment Flag	Concept (Yes/No)	For Period		dei:AmendmentFlag
9	Current Fiscal Year End Date	Concept (Month/Day)	For Period		dei:CurrentFiscalYearEndDate
10	Entity Well Known Seasoned Issuer	Concept (Yes/No)	For Period		dei:EntityWellKnownSeasonedIssuer
11	Entity Voluntary Filer	Concept (Yes/No)	For Period		dei:EntityVoluntaryFilers
12	Entity Current Reporting Status	Concept (Yes/No)	For Period		dei:EntityCurrentReportingStatus
13	Entity Filer Category	Concept (Filer Category)	For Period		dei:EntityFilerCategory
14	Entity Emerging Growth Company	Concept (Yes/No)	For Period		dei:EntityEmergingGrowthCompany
15	Entity Ex Transition Period	Concept (Yes/No)	For Period		dei:EntityExTransitionPeriod
16	Entity Shell Company	Concept (Yes/No)	For Period		dei:EntityShellCompany
17	Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	Concept (Shares)	As Of		dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding
18	Trading Symbol	Concept (Text/String)	For Period		dei:TradingSymbol
19	Document Fiscal Period Focus	Concept (Fiscal Period)	For Period		dei:DocumentFiscalPeriodFocus
20	Document Fiscal Year Focus	Concept (Year)	For Period		dei:DocumentFiscalYearFocus
21	00000002 - Statement - Consolidated Balance Sheet	Network	*	*	http://biofrontera.com/role/BalanceSheet
22	Implied Table	Table	*	*	implied:Table
23	Statement of financial position [abstract]	Abstract			ifrs-full:StatementOfFinancialPositionAbstract
24	Assets	Abstract			ifrs-full:AssetsAbstract
25	Non-current assets	Abstract			ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssetsAbstract
26	Tangible assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
27	Intangible assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsAndGoodwill
28	Deferred taxes	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:DeferredTaxAssets
29	Total non-current assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssets
30	Current assets	Abstract			ifrs-full:CurrentAssetsAbstract
31	Current financial assets	Abstract			ifrs-full:CategoriesOfCurrentFinancialAssetsAbstract
32	Trade receivables	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentReceivables
33	Other financial assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:OtherCurrentFinancialAssets
34	Cash and cash equivalents	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
35	Total current financial assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:CurrentFinancialAssets
36	Other current assets	Abstract			BFRA:OtherCurrentAssetsAbstract
37	Inventories	Abstract			ifrs-full:ClassesOfInventoriesAbstract
38	Raw materials and supplies	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:CurrentRawMaterialsAndCurrentProductionSupplies
39	Unfinished products	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	BFRA:UnfinishedProducts
40	Finished products and goods	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:FinishedGoods
41	Total inventories	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:Inventories
42	Income tax reimbursement claims	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	BFRA:IncomeTaxReimbursementClaims
43	Other assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:OtherAssets
44	Total other current assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:OtherCurrentAssets
45	Total current assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:CurrentAssets
46	Total assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:Assets
47	Equity	Abstract			ifrs-full:EquityAbstract
48	Subscribed capital	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:IssuedCapital
49	Capital reserve	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:CapitalReserve
50	Capital reserve from foreign currency conversion adjustments	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:CapitalReserveFromForeignCurrencyConversionAdjustments
51	Loss carried forward	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:LossCarriedForward
52	Loss for the period	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:NetLoss
53	Total equity	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:Equity
54	Non-current liabilities	Abstract			ifrs-full:NoncurrentLiabilitiesAbstract
55	Non-current financial debt	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:OtherNoncurrentFinancialLiabilities
56	Other non-current provisions	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:OtherLongtermProvisions
57	Total non-current liabilities	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:NoncurrentLiabilities
58	Current liabilities	Abstract			ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilitiesAbstract
59	Current financial liabilities	Abstract			ifrs-full:CategoriesOfCurrentFinancialLiabilitiesAbstract
60	Trade payables	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherPayablesToTradeSuppliers
61	Current financial debt	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:CurrentDebtInstrumentsIssued
62	Other financial liabilities	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:OtherCurrentFinancialLiabilities
63	Total current financial liabilities	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:CurrentFinancialLiabilities
64	Other current liabilities	Abstract			BFRA:OtherCurrentLiabilitiesAbstract
65	Other provisions	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:OtherProvisions
66	Other current liabilities	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:CurrentLiabilitiesOther
67	Total other current liabilities	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:OtherCurrentLiabilities
68	Total current liabilities	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilities
69	Total equity and liabilities	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:EquityAndLiabilities
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71	Implied Table	Table	*	*	implied:Table
72	Profit or loss [abstract]	Abstract			ifrs-full:IncomeStatementAbstract
73	Sales revenue	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:Revenue
74	Cost of sales	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:CostOfSales
75	Gross profit from sales	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:GrossProfit
76	Operating expenses	Abstract			BFRA:OperatingExpenseAbstract
77	Research and development costs	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
78	General administrative costs	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
79	Sales costs	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:SalesCosts
80	Loss from operations	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities
81	Interest expenses	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:InterestExpense
82	Effective interest expenses	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:EffectiveInterestExpenses
83	Interest income	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:FinanceIncome
84	Other expenses	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:MiscellaneousOtherOperatingExpense
85	Other income	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:MiscellaneousOtherOperatingIncome
86	Loss before income tax	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:ProfitLossBeforeTax
87	Income tax	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
88	Loss for the period	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
89	Expenses and income not included in profit/loss	Abstract			BFRA:ExpensesAndIncomeNotIncludedInProfitlossAbstract
90	Items which may in future be regrouped into the profit and loss statement under certain conditions Translation differences resulting from the conversion of foreign business operations	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxGainsLossesOnRemeasurementsOfDefinedBenefitPlans
91	Other income total	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncome
92	Total loss for the period	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToOwnersOfParent
93	Basic/diluted earnings per share	Concept (Share)	For Period		ifrs-full:BasicAndDilutedEarningsLossPerShare
94	00000004 - Statement - Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity	Network	*	*	http://biofrontera.com/role/StatementOfChangesInEquity
95	Statement Table [Table]	Table	*	*	BFRA:IfrsStatementTable
96	Components of equity [axis]	Axis			ifrs-full:ComponentsOfEquityAxis
97	Equity [member]	Member			ifrs-full:EquityMember
98	Subscribed Capital [Member]	Member			BFRA:SubscribedCapitalMember
99	Capital Reserve [Member]	Member			ifrs-full:CapitalReserveMember
100	Capital from Foreign Currency Conversion Adjustments (OCI) [Member]	Member			BFRA:CapitalFromForeignCurrencyConversionAdjustmentsMember
101	Accumulated Loss [Member]	Member			ifrs-full:AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeMember
102	Statement Line Items [Line Items]	LineItems			BFRA:IfrsStatementLineItems
103	Balance	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:Equity
104	Balance, shares	Concept (Shares)	As Of		ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesOutstanding
105	Capital increase	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	BFRA:CapitalIncrease
106	Capital increase, shares	Concept (Shares)	For Period		BFRA:CapitalIncreaseShares
107	Conversion from convertible bond 2016/2021	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:ConversionFromConvertibleBond
108	Conversion from convertible bond 2016/2021, shares	Concept (Shares)	For Period		BFRA:ConversionFromConvertibleBondShares
109	Exercise of detachable warrant rights from warrant bond 2011/2016	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:ExerciseOfDetachableWarrantRightsFromWarrantBond
110	Exercise of detachable warrant rights from warrant bond 2011/2016, shares	Concept (Shares)	For Period		BFRA:ExerciseOfDetachableWarrantRightsFromWarrantBondShares
111	Foreign currency conversion adjustment	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxChangeInValueOfForeignCurrencyBasisSpreads
112	Costs of equity procurement	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:CostsOfEquityProcurement
113	Changes in capital reserves pursuant to the issuance of the convertible bond 2016/2021	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:ChangesInCapitalReservesPursuantToIssuanceOfConvertibleBond
114	Increase in capital reserve from the stock option programme	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransferToStatutoryReserve
115	Conversion from convertible bond 2017/2022	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:ConversionFromConvertibleBondOne
116	Conversion from convertible bond 2017/2022, shares	Concept (Shares)	For Period		BFRA:ConversionFromConvertibleBondSharesOne
117	Conversion of stock options from the stock option programme	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	BFRA:ConversionOfStockOptionsFromStockOptionProgramme
118	Conversion of stock options from the stock option programme, shares	Concept (Shares)	For Period		BFRA:ConversionOfStockOptionsFromStockOptionProgrammeShares
119	Loss for the period	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
120	Balance	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:Equity
121	Balance, shares	Concept (Shares)	As Of		ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesOutstanding
122	00000005 - Statement - Consolidated Cash Flow Statement	Network	*	*	http://biofrontera.com/role/CashFlowStatement
123	Implied Table	Table	*	*	implied:Table
124	Statement of cash flows [abstract]	Abstract			ifrs-full:StatementOfCashFlowsAbstract
125	Cashflows from operations	Abstract			ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivitiesAbstract
126	Loss before income tax	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:ProfitLossBeforeTax
127	Adjustments to reconcile loss before income tax to cash flow into operations	Abstract			ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForReconcileProfitLossAbstract
128	Income tax	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncomeTaxExpense
129	Financial result	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForFinanceCosts
130	Depreciation	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:DepreciationExpense
131	Other non-current provisions	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForProvisions
132	Gains (Losses) from disposal of assets	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:LossesOnDisposalsOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment
133	Non-cash (income) and expenses	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:NoncashExpensesAndIncome
134	Changes in operating assets and liabilities	Abstract			BFRA:ChangesInOperatingAssetsAndLiabilitiesAbstract
135	Trade receivables	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInTradeAccountReceivable
136	Other assets and income tax assets	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInOtherAssets
137	Inventories	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInInventories
138	Trade payables	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInTradeAccountPayable
139	Provisions	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	BFRA:IncreaseDecreaseInProvisions
140	Other liabilities	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInOtherLiabilities
141	Net cash flow used in operational activities	Concept (Monetary)	For Period		ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities
142	Cash flow from investment activities	Abstract			ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivitiesAbstract
143	Purchase of intangible and tangible assets	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	BFRA:PurchaseOfIntangibleAndTangibleAssetsClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
144	Interest received	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:InterestReceivedClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
145	Proceeds from sale of intangible and tangible assets	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:ProceedsFromSalesOfIntangibleAndTangibleAssetsClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
146	Net cash flow used in investment activities	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivities
147	Cashflows from financing activities	Abstract			ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInFinancingActivitiesAbstract
148	Proceeds from the issue of shares	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:ProceedsFromIssuingShares
149	Costs of equity procurement	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:ProceedsFromIssuingOtherEquityInstruments
150	Proceeds from issuance of convertible bond 2016/2021	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:ProceedsFromIssueOfBondsNotesAndDebentures
151	Proceeds from the exercise of detachable warrants from warrant bond 2011/2016	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:ProceedsFromExerciseOfDetachableWarrantsFromWarrantBond
152	Proceeds from issuing convertible bonds 2017/2022	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:ProceedsFromIssuingConvertibleBonds
153	Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:ProceedsFromExerciseOfOptions
154	Proceeds from drawing down EIB loans	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:ProceedsFromBorrowingsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
155	Proceeds from repayment of warrant bonds 2009/2017 for portion of the instrument held by the company	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	BFRA:ProceedsFromRepaymentOfWarrantBonds
156	Cash outflow for EIB loan procurement costs	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:RepaymentsOfBorrowingsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
157	Interest paid	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:InterestPaidClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
158	Repayment of warrant bond 2011/2016	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	BFRA:RepaymentsOfBondsNotesAndDebentures1
159	Repayment of warrant bond 2009/2017	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	BFRA:RepaymentsOfBondsNotesAndDebentures2
160	Repayment of convertible bond 2016/2021	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:RepaymentsOfBondsNotesAndDebentures
161	Net cash flows provided by financing activities	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInFinancingActivities
162	Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInCashAndCashEquivalents
163	Changes from exchange rate differences	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:EffectOfExchangeRateChangesOnCashAndCashEquivalents
164	Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
165	Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
166	Cash and cash equivalents	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	BFRA:CompositionOfFinancialResourcesCashAndCashEquivalents
167	00000006 - Disclosure - Information About the Company	Network	*	*	http://biofrontera.com/role/InformationAboutCompany
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170	Information About the Company	Concept (Text Block (HTML))	For Period		ifrs-full:DisclosureOfGeneralInformationAboutFinancialStatementsExplanatory
171	00000007 - Disclosure - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	Network	*	*	http://biofrontera.com/role/SummaryOfSignificantAccountingPolicies
172	Implied Table	Table	*	*	implied:Table
173	Disclosure of initial application of standards or interpretations [abstract]	Abstract			ifrs-full:DisclosureOfInitialApplicationOfStandardsOrInterpretationsAbstract
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176	Implied Table	Table	*	*	implied:Table
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182	Inventories	Concept (Text Block (HTML))	For Period		ifrs-full:DisclosureOfInventoriesExplanatory
183	00000010 - Disclosure - Trade Receivables	Network	*	*	http://biofrontera.com/role/TradeReceivables
184	Implied Table	Table	*	*	implied:Table
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203	00000015 - Disclosure - Deferred Income Tax	Network	*	*	http://biofrontera.com/role/DeferredIncomeTax
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207	00000016 - Disclosure - Equity	Network	*	*	http://biofrontera.com/role/Equity
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508	Accumulated depreciation and amortization additions	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:AccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortisationOfTangibleAssetsAdditions
509	Accumulated depreciation and amortization disposals	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:AccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortisationOfTangibleAssetsDisposals
510	Accumulated depreciation and amortization of tangible assets ending	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:AccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortisationOfTangibleAssetsBeginning
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512	Cost of intangible assets beginning	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillCarryingAmountAtCostOfRevaluedAssets
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514	Cost additions	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:AdditionsOtherThanThroughBusinessCombinationsIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
515	Cost Transfers	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransfersIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
516	Cost disposals	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Credit	ifrs-full:DisposalsIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
517	Cost of intangible assets ending	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillCarryingAmountAtCostOfRevaluedAssets
518	Accumulated depreciation and amortization of intangible assets beginning	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:AccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortisationOfIntangibleAssets
519	Accumulated depreciation and amortization currency translation	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:AccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortisationIntangibleAssetsCurrencyTranslation
520	Accumulated depreciation and amortization additions	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:AccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortisationOfIntangibleAssetsAdditions
521	Accumulated depreciation and amortization disposals	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:AccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortisationOfIntangibleAssetsDisposals
522	Accumulated depreciation and amortization of intangible assets ending	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:AccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortisationOfIntangibleAssets
523	Carrying amounts of intangible assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsAndGoodwill
524	Cost of non-current assets beginning	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	BFRA:CostOfNoncurrentAssets
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526	Cost additions	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:CostofNoncurrentAssetsAdditions
527	Cost Transfers	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:CostofNoncurrentAssetsTransfers
528	Cost disposals	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:CostOfNonCurrentAssetsDisposals
529	Cost of non-current assets ending	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	BFRA:CostOfNoncurrentAssets
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531	Accumulated depreciation and amortization of noncurrent assets currency translation	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:AccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortisationOfNoncurrentAssetsCurrencyTranslation
532	Accumulated depreciation and amortization of noncurrent assets additions	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:AccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortisationOfNoncurrentAssetsAdditions
533	Accumulated depreciation and amortization of noncurrent assets disposals	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:AccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortisationOfNoncurrentAssetsDisposals
534	Accumulated depreciation and amortization of noncurrent assets ending	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:AccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortisationOfNoncurrentAssets
535	Total non-current assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssets
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540	Inventories written down value	Concept (Monetary)	For Period		ifrs-full:InventoryWritedown2011
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547	Disclosure of financial assets [abstract]	Abstract			ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFinancialAssetsAbstract
548	Other financial assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:OtherCurrentFinancialAssets
549	Deposits mainly for credit cards and leased vehicles	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsPledgedAsCollateralForLiabilitiesOrContingentLiabilities
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552	Other Assets	Abstract			BFRA:OtherAssetAbstract
553	Prepaid expenses	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:CurrentPrepaidExpenses
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556	Income Tax Reimbursement Claims	Abstract			BFRA:IncomeTaxAbstract
557	Solidarity surcharge	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:SolidaritySurcharge
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561	Cash and cash equivalents	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
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564	Categories of related parties [axis]	Axis			ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
565	Entity's total for related parties [member]	Member			ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
566	Parent [Member]	Member			ifrs-full:ParentMember
567	Statement Line Items [Line Items]	LineItems			BFRA:IfrsStatementLineItems
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569	Tax loss carryforwards	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:TaxLossCarryforwards
570	U.S tax loss carryforward period	Concept (xbrli:durationItemType)	For Period		BFRA:TaxLossCarryforwardPeriod
571	Deferred tax assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:NetDeferredTaxAssets
572	Income tax rate	Concept (Percent)	For Period		ifrs-full:ApplicableTaxRate
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574	Statement Table [Table]	Table	*	*	BFRA:IfrsStatementTable
575	Classes of other provisions [axis]	Axis			ifrs-full:ClassesOfProvisionsAxis
576	Other Provisions [Member]	Member			ifrs-full:OtherProvisionsMember
577	Corporation Tax [Member]	Member			BFRA:CorporationTaxMember
578	Business Tax [Member]	Member			BFRA:BusinessTaxMember
579	U.S. Corporation Tax [Member]	Member			BFRA:USCorporationTaxMember
580	Statement Line Items [Line Items]	LineItems			BFRA:IfrsStatementLineItems
581	Loss carried forward	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:LossCarriedForward
582	Deferred tax assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:DeferredTaxAssets
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586	Deferred tax assets, Loss carryforwards	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	BFRA:DeferredTaxAssetsLossCarryforwards
587	Deferred tax assets, Non-current assets - Intangible assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	BFRA:DeferredTaxAssetsNoncurrentAssetsIntangibleAssets
588	Deferred tax assets, Non-current assets - Tangible assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	BFRA:DeferredTaxAssetsNoncurrentAssetsTangibleAssets
589	Deferred tax assets, Non-current assets - Financial assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	BFRA:DeferredTaxAssetsNoncurrentAssetsFinancialAssets
590	Deferred tax assets, Current assets - Receivables and other assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	BFRA:DeferredTaxAssetsCurrentAssetsReceivablesAndOtherAssets
591	Deferred tax assets, Non-current liabilities - Provisions	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	BFRA:DeferredTaxAssetsNoncurrentLiabilitiesProvisions
592	Deferred tax assets, Current liabilities - Provisions	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	BFRA:DeferredTaxAssetsCurrentLiabilitiesProvisions
593	Deferred tax assets, Current liabilities - Liabilities and other	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	BFRA:DeferredTaxAssetsCurrentLiabilitiesLiabilitiesAndOther
594	Deferred tax assets, Total	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	BFRA:DeferredTaxAssetsGrossTotal
595	Deferred tax assets, Netting of deferred tax assets and liabilities	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	BFRA:DeferredTaxAssetsNettingOfDeferredTaxAssetsAndLiabilities
596	Deferred tax assets, As recognized on balance sheet	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Debit	ifrs-full:DeferredTaxAssets
597	Deferred tax liabilities, Loss carryforwards	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:DeferredTaxLiabilitiesLossCarryforwards
598	Deferred tax liabilities, Non-current assets - Intangible assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrentAssetsIntangibleAssets
599	Deferred tax liabilities, Non-current assets - Tangible assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrentAssetsTangibleAssets
600	Deferred tax liabilities, Non-current assets - Financial assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrentAssetsFinancialAssets
601	Deferred tax liabilities, Current assets - Receivables and other assets	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCurrentAssetsReceivablesAndOtherAssets
602	Deferred tax liabilities, Non-current liabilities - Provisions	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrentLiabilitiesProvisions
603	Deferred tax liabilities, Current liabilities - Provisions	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCurrentLiabilitiesProvisions
604	Deferred tax liabilities, Current liabilities - Liabilities and other	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCurrentLiabilitiesLiabilitiesAndOther
605	Deferred tax liabilities, Total	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGrossTotal
606	Deferred tax liabilities, Netting of deferred tax assets and liabilities	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNettingOfDeferredTaxAssetsAndLiabilities
607	Deferred tax liabilities, As recognized on balance sheet	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilities
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612	Expected income tax reimbursement at the tax rate of the parent company	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:TaxExpenseIncomeAtApplicableTaxRate
613	Differences arising from different tax rates	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:TaxEffectFromChangeInTaxRate
614	Adjustment of deferred taxes due to tax rates from temporary differences	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:DeferredTaxExpenseIncomeRelatingToOriginationAndReversalOfTemporaryDifferences
615	Adjustment of deferred taxes due to tax rates from loss carry forwards	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:AdjustmentOfDeferredTaxesDueToTaxRatesFromLossCarryForwards
616	Tax increases due to non-deductible expenses	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredTaxExpenseIncomeDueToRateRegulation
617	Changes in unrecognized deferred tax assets from active temporary differences	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:ChangesInUnrecognizedDeferredTaxAssetsFromActiveTemporaryDifferences
618	Changes in unrecognized deferred tax assets from loss carryforwards	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	BFRA:ChangesInUnrecognizedDeferredTaxAssetsFromLossCarryforwards
619	Other effects	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:OtherTaxEffectsForReconciliationBetweenAccountingProfitAndTaxExpenseIncome
620	Income taxes as per statement of comprehensive income	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
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622	Statement Table [Table]	Table	*	*	BFRA:IfrsStatementTable
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624	Entity's total for related parties [member]	Member			ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
625	Maruho Deutschland Co., Ltd., Osaka Japan [Member]	Member			BFRA:MaruhoDeutschlandCoLtdOsakaJapanMember
626	Wilhelm Konrad Thomas Zours [Member]	Member			BFRA:WilhelmKonradThomasZoursMember
627	Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG (LLB) [Member]	Member			BFRA:LiechtensteinischeLandesbankAGLLBMember
628	Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany [Member]	Member			BFRA:UniversalInvestmentGesellschaftmbHFrankfurtAMMainGermanyMember
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630	Total shares of voting rights assigned	Concept (Shares)	As Of		ifrs-full:SharesInEntityHeldByEntityOrByItsSubsidiariesOrAssociates
631	Free float	Concept (Shares)	As Of		BFRA:FreeFloat
632	Total	Concept (Shares)	As Of		ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesOutstanding
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635	Types of share-based payment arrangements [axis]	Axis			ifrs-full:TypesOfSharebasedPaymentArrangementsAxis
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637	2010 Share Option Program [Member]	Member			BFRA:TwoThousandAndTenShareOptionProgrammeMember
638	2015 Share Option Program [Member]	Member			BFRA:TwoThousandAndFifteenShareOptionProgramMember
639	2015 Share Option Programme [Member]	Member			BFRA:TwoThousandAndFifteenShareOptionProgrammeMember
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642	Bottom of Range [Member]	Member			ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
643	Top of Range [Member]	Member			ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
644	Statement Line Items [Line Items]	LineItems			BFRA:IfrsStatementLineItems
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646	Granted during the period	Concept (Decimal)	For Period		ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
647	Forfeited during the period	Concept (Shares)	For Period		BFRA:NumberOfShareOptionsForfeitedInSharebasedPayment
648	Exercised during the period	Concept (Decimal)	For Period		ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsExercisedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
649	Expired during the period	Concept (Decimal)	For Period		ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsExpiredInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
650	Outstanding at the end of the period	Concept (Decimal)	As Of		ifrs-full:NumberOfOutstandingShareOptions
651	Exercisable at the end of the period	Concept (Decimal)	As Of		ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsExercisableInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
652	Range of exercise prices for outstanding options	Concept (Share)	As Of		BFRA:RangeOfExercisePricesForOutstandingOptions
653	Weighted average of remaining contractual life	Concept (xbrli:durationItemType)	For Period		BFRA:WeightedAverageOfRemainingContractualLife
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658	Trade payables decreased	Concept (Monetary)	For Period	Debit	ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInTradeAndOtherPayables
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666	Financial liabilities, category [member]	Member			ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilitiesCategoryMember
667	Utilization [Member]	Member			BFRA:UtilizationMember
668	Released [Member]	Member			BFRA:ReleasedMember
669	Additions [Member]	Member			BFRA:AdditionsMember
670	Translation Difference [Member]	Member			BFRA:TranslationDifferenceMember
671	Statement Line Items [Line Items]	LineItems			BFRA:IfrsStatementLineItems
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673	Costs for financial statements and auditing	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:CostsForFinancialStatementsAndAuditing
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675	Other provisions	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:OtherShorttermProvisions
676	Total current provisions	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:CurrentProvisions
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681	Utilization [Member]	Member			BFRA:UtilizationMember
682	Released [Member]	Member			BFRA:ReleasedMember
683	Additions [Member]	Member			BFRA:AdditionsMember
684	Translation Difference [Member]	Member			BFRA:TranslationDifferenceMember
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692	Accrual for outstanding vacation	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:AccrualForOutstandingVacation
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694	Wages and salaries	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	BFRA:WagesAndSalariesPayable
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696	Other	Concept (Monetary)	As Of	Credit	ifrs-full:OtherCurrentPayables
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729	Counterparties [axis]	Axis			ifrs-full:CounterpartiesAxis
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743	United States [Member]	Member			country:US
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