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Collaborative Arrangement, Achievement Levels of Commercial Performance, Period

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Eligible Payment From Collaboration For Development And Regulatory, Milestone Achievement Under Collaborations Agreement

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Maximum amount eligible for commercial milestones under collaborations agreement.

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Milestone Payments Earned To Date

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Percent of royalty on net sale.

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Research and Development Arrangement Performed for Others, Reimbursement for Costs Incurred, Percent

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Revenue From Contract With Customer, Commercial Sales Milestone

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Revenue From Contract With Customer, Commercial Sales Milestone, Net Sales Threshold

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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Collaboration Agreements And Business Development Activities - Ipsen Collaboration Narrative (Details) $ in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 03, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 CAD ($)
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Milestone payments earned to date	$ 462.5
Remaining performance obligation	$ 87.5
Collaboration agreement percent of royalty on net sale	3.00%
Collaborative arrangement with Ipsen
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Collaboration period to achieve specified levels of commercial performance	10 years
Upfront payments				$ 210.0
Milestone payments earned	$ 112.5	$ 20.0	$ 55.0
Eligible payment from collaboration for development and regulatory milestone achievement under collaborations agreement	46.5
Maximum amount eligible for commercial milestones under collaborations agreement	350.0				$ 26.5
Remaining performance obligation	$ 44.2
Research and development arrangement performed for others, reimbursement for costs incurred, percent	35.00%
Commercial sales milestone	$ 100.0
Commercial sales milestone, net sales threshold	400.0
Regulatory milestone	12.5
Collaborative arrangement with Ipsen \| Collaboration services revenues
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Cumulative catch-up revenue recognized	$ 43.2
Collaborative arrangement with Ipsen \| Minimum \| Final tier
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Percent of royalty on net sale	22.00%
Collaborative arrangement with Ipsen \| Maximum \| Final tier
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Percent of royalty on net sale	26.00%