Revenues - Net Product Revenues Disaggregated by Product (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2019	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 27, 2019	Sep. 28, 2018
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net product revenues	$ 271,703	$ 225,397	$ 727,465	$ 625,224
Net product revenues
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net product revenues	191,768	162,946	565,024	443,054
CABOMETYX
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net product revenues	187,410	158,262	552,315	428,317
COMETRIQ
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net product revenues	$ 4,358	$ 4,684	$ 12,709	$ 14,737

Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130543-203045

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130545-203045

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