Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Narrative)

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Narrative) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 2,138,964us-gaap_Cash $ 888,704us-gaap_Cash $ 376,421us-gaap_Cash
Warrants for services at fair market value 300,016VNRX_IssuanceOfStockAndWarrantsForServices1    
Options under the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan at fair market value 1,385,155VNRX_OptionsUnderEquityIncentivePlanFairValue    
Common stock for services at fair market value 0VNRX_CommonStockForServicesAtFairMarketValue    
Fair market value of warrants in derivative liability 1,577,640VNRX_FairMarketValueOfWarrantsInDerivativeLiability    
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (103,832)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax (59,795)us-gaap_AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax  
Revenue Recognition 14,785us-gaap_DeferredRevenueRevenueRecognized 0us-gaap_DeferredRevenueRevenueRecognized  
Research and development expenses 4,044,023us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense 2,503,765us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense  
Impairment of long-lived assets $ 0us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf $ 350,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf  
Dilutive Warrants And Options [Member]      
Potentially dilutive warrants and options 966,716VNRX_PotentiallyDilutiveWarrantsAndOptions
/ us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareByAntidilutiveSecuritiesAxis
= VNRX_DilutiveWarrantsAndOptionsMember
   
Warrant [Member]      
Potentially dilutive warrants 891,045VNRX_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount1
/ us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareByAntidilutiveSecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_WarrantMember