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Award Timing Disclosure | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2024 | Feb. 07, 2024 USD ($) $ / shares
Award Timing Disclosures [Line Items] |  |
Award Timing MNPI Disclosure | Policies and Procedures Related to the Grant of Certain Equity Awards The Company has established processes designed to ensure that the timing of any option grants and other similar awards to executive officers is not influenced by material nonpublic information (“MNPI”). Grants are generally made shortly after the issuance of an earnings release and the furnishing or filing of a Current Report on Form 8-K, or the filing of a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or an Annual Report on Form 10-K, regardless of any upcoming announcements or events that could impact the Company’s share price. The Compensation Committee does not take MNPI into account when determining the timing and terms of option awards. Further, the Company has not timed the disclosure of MNPI to affect the value of executive compensation. The following table contains information required by Item 402(x)(2) of Regulation S-K about stock options granted to the NEOs in fiscal year 2024 during the period from four business days before to one business day after the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, or the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K that disclosed MNPI.
Named Executive Officer |  | Grant Date |  | Number of securities underlying the award |  | Exercise price of the award ($/Sh) |  | Grant date fair value of the award |  | Percentage change in the closing market price of the securities underlying the award between the trading day ending immediately prior to the disclosure of material nonpublic information and the trading day beginning immediately following the disclosure of material nonpublic information
Udit Batra, Ph.D. |  | 2/7/2024 |  | 34,285 |  | $323.54 |  | $4,375,109 |  | (0.4)%
Amol Chaubal |  | 2/7/2024 |  | 8,228 |  | $323.54 |  | $1,049,975 |  | (0.4)%
Jianqing Y. Bennett |  | 2/7/2024 |  | 5,759 |  | $323.54 |  | $734,906 |  | (0.4)%
Award Timing Method | The Compensation Committee does not take MNPI into account when determining the timing and terms of option awards. Further, the Company has not timed the disclosure of MNPI to affect the value of executive compensation. |
Award Timing Predetermined | false |
MNPI Disclosure Timed for Compensation Value | false |
Udit Batra, Ph.D. [Member] |  |
Awards Close in Time to MNPI Disclosures |  |
Name |  | Udit Batra, Ph.D.
Underlying Securities |  | 34,285
Exercise Price | $ / shares |  | $ 323.54
Fair Value as of Grant Date |  | $ 4,375,109
Underlying Security Market Price Change |  | (0.4)
Amol Chaubal [Member] |  |
Awards Close in Time to MNPI Disclosures |  |
Name |  | Amol Chaubal
Underlying Securities |  | 8,228
Exercise Price | $ / shares |  | $ 323.54
Fair Value as of Grant Date |  | $ 1,049,975
Underlying Security Market Price Change |  | (0.4)
Jianqing Y. Bennett [Member] |  |
Awards Close in Time to MNPI Disclosures |  |
Name |  | Jianqing Y. Bennett
Underlying Securities |  | 5,759
Exercise Price | $ / shares |  | $ 323.54
Fair Value as of Grant Date |  | $ 734,906
Underlying Security Market Price Change |  | (0.4)

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