Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Investment in Non-Controlled Entity and Other Arrangements (Details)

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Investment in Non-Controlled Entity and Other Arrangements (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Aug. 31, 2013
Investments in Non-controlled entities [Abstract]              
Revenue Range - Maximum   $ 100,000,000pdii_RevenueRangeMaximum          
Revenue Range, Minimum     50,000,000pdii_RevenueRangeMinimum        
Royalty Percentage - Maximum Range     11.00%pdii_RoyaltyPercentageMaximumRange        
Cost Method Investments 1,500,000us-gaap_CostMethodInvestments 1,500,000us-gaap_CostMethodInvestments 1,500,000us-gaap_CostMethodInvestments        
Contingent consideration, liability 26,542,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability   26,542,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability       500,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability
Royalty Percentage - Minimum range     7.00%pdii_RoyaltyPercentageMinimumrange        
Loans Receivable, Net       1,336,000us-gaap_LoansReceivableNet 600,000us-gaap_LoansReceivableNet 700,000us-gaap_LoansReceivableNet  
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate Terms     0.04        
Asset Impairment Charges $ 600,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges   $ 2,086,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges $ 0us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges