Investment in biotechnology companies that are determined to be unconsolidated variable interest entities.

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Milestone Payments Made During Period.

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Expected total payments including upfront and milestone payments as well as the greater of an annual maintenance fee or usage-based royalty payments under the terms of collaboration agreement.

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Term For Right To Purchase Outstanding Shares

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Minimum amount of other commitment not otherwise specified in the taxonomy. Excludes commitments explicitly modeled in the taxonomy, including but not limited to, long-term and short-term purchase commitments, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, supply commitments, registration payment arrangements, leases, debt, product warranties, guarantees, environmental remediation obligations, and pensions.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of or advances to an entity that is related to it but not strictly controlled (for example, an unconsolidated subsidiary, affiliate, and joint venture or equity method investment) or the acquisition of an additional interest in a subsidiary (controlled entity).

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The costs incurred in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, excluding in-process research and development acquired in a business combination consummated during the period. Excludes software research and development, which has a separate concept.

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The amount of purchased research and development assets that are acquired in a business combination have no alternative future use and are therefore written off in the period of acquisition.

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Investments in Variable Interest Entities (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Neurimmune	Jun. 30, 2014 Neurimmune	Sep. 30, 2013 Neurimmune	Sep. 30, 2014 Neurimmune	Sep. 30, 2013 Neurimmune	Feb. 28, 2014 Ataxion	Feb. 28, 2014 Commitments to invest Ataxion	Feb. 28, 2014 Minority interest Ataxion
Investment in Variable Interest Entities (Textual) [Abstract]
Remaining potential development milestone payments and royalties on commercial sales under the terms of collaboration agreement									$ 335,000,000
Research and development	417,174,000	410,017,000	1,393,331,000	1,021,820,000		7,400,000		6,100,000	29,100,000	16,800,000
Milestone payments made during period							10,000,000
Payments to acquire interest in preferred stock of affiliate											1,600,000
Term for right to purchase outstanding shares											30 days
Additional investments committed to if certain milestones are met												6,200,000
In-process research and development													3,500,000
Investment in biotechnology companies that are determined to be unconsolidated variable interest entities	$ 6,400,000		$ 6,400,000		$ 5,500,000