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Collaborative Arrangement, Rights And Obligations, Maximum Aggregate Development Milestone Payments

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Collaborative Arrangement, Rights And Obligations, Maximum Aggregate Regulatory Milestone Payments

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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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The aggregate costs incurred (1) 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 (2) 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, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

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Collaboration Agreements And Business Development Activities - Research Collaborations and In-Licensing Arrangements Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 11, 2023	Sep. 29, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 29, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Research and development		$ 332,585	$ 198,837	$ 799,401	$ 554,989
Research Collaborations, In-Licensing Arrangements and Other Business Development Activities
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Research and development		103,500		165,000
Collaborative arrangement, maximum aggregate development milestone payments		774,000		774,000
Collaborative arrangement, rights and obligations, maximum aggregate commercial milestone payments		3,900,000		3,900,000
Collaborative arrangement, maximum aggregate regulatory milestone payments		615,200		615,200
Insilico Medicine
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Collaborative arrangement, upfront payment	$ 80,000
Collaborative arrangement, maximum aggregate development milestone payments		100,000		100,000
Collaborative arrangement, rights and obligations, maximum aggregate commercial milestone payments		$ 775,000		$ 775,000