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Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Detail) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Contingent Consideration Obligations [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Liabilities, fair value on recurring basis	$ (181,000)	$ (227,000)
Failed Auction Security [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Estimated Fair Value	2,541,000	2,517,000
Failed Auction Security [Member] | Other Long-term Investments [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Estimated Fair Value	2,541,000	2,517,000
US Treasury Obligations [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Cash equivalents	95,719,000	19,998,000
Estimated Fair Value	95,719,000	70,164,000
US Treasury Obligations [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Estimated Fair Value		50,166,000
Money Market Funds [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Cash equivalents	43,728,000	69,493,000
Recurring [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1) [Member] | US Treasury Obligations [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Cash equivalents	95,719,000	19,998,000
Recurring [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1) [Member] | US Treasury Obligations [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Estimated Fair Value		50,166,000
Recurring [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1) [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Cash equivalents	43,728,000	69,493,000
Recurring [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Contingent Consideration Obligations [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Liabilities, fair value on recurring basis	(181,000)	(227,000)
Recurring [Member] | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] | Failed Auction Security [Member] | Other Long-term Investments [Member]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Estimated Fair Value	$ 2,541,000	$ 2,517,000

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Fair value of financial and nonfinancial obligations.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)
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