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Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) € in Millions |  |  | 12 Months Ended
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Jul. 15, 2024 USD ($) | Jul. 15, 2024 EUR (€) | Sep. 27, 2023 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid for InvIOs investment |  |  |  | $ 4,196,000 | $ 0 | $ 0
Intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0
InvIOs Holding AG |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid for InvIOs investment | $ 4,200,000 |  |  |  |  |
Equity issuance cost | 200,000 |  |  |  |  |
InvIOs Holding AG | Investor |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid for InvIOs investment | 8,800,000 | € 8 |  |  |  |
APEIRON |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |
Consideration transferred | 100,500,000 |  |  |  |  |
Contingent earn-out payment | 28,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Deferred transaction costs | 4,900,000 |  |  |  |  |
Deferred tax liability | $ 18,109,000 |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets |  |  |  | $ 0 |  |
Novan, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |
Consideration transferred |  |  | $ 12,150,000 |  |  |
Cash payments for acquisition |  |  | 15,000,000 |  |  |
Liabilities incurred |  |  | 15,000,000 |  |  |
Intangible assets |  |  | $ 10,700,000 |  | 10,700,000 |
Acquired (as a percent) |  |  | 10.30% |  |  |
Cash acquired from acquisition |  |  | $ 2,800,000 |  |  |
Acquisition related costs |  |  |  |  | $ 3,100,000 |
Goodwill acquired that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes |  |  | $ 0 |  |  |
Discount rate used to value intangible assets acquired (as a percent) |  |  | 29.00% |  |  |
Weighted-average estimated useful life of finite-lived intangible assets acquired (in years) |  |  | 15 years |  |  |
Other liabilities |  |  | $ 13,700,000 |  |  |
Research and development |  |  | $ 25,000,000 |  |  |
Novan, Inc. | Discount Rate | Valuation Technique, Discounted Cash Flow |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent liability measurement input (as a percent) |  |  | 0.14 |  |  |
Novan, Inc. | Core Technology |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets |  |  | $ 12,200,000 |  |  |
Novan, Inc. | Bridge Loan |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |
Liabilities incurred |  |  | $ 3,000,000 |  |  |

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