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Fair value measurement - additional information (Detail) - USD ($)	Mar. 27, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Fair value measurement with unobservable inputs reconciliations liability value	$ 21,145,000	$ 20,829,000
Current portion of contingent consideration	7,397,000	$ 7,291,000
Fair value measurement with unobservable inputs reconciliations other liabilities	13,700,000
Minimum
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Fair value of contingent consideration liability associated with future milestone	7,000,000
Maximum
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Fair value of contingent consideration liability associated with future milestone	$ 57,674,000

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Estimated fair value of contingent consideration in event company achieves specified milestones.

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Fair value measurement with unobservable inputs reconciliation contingent liability in acquisition noncurrent.

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Fair value measurements.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19207-110258

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