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Potential Milestone Payments

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Profit Loss Sharing Agreement Allocation Percentage

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Upfront Fee

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Amount of deferred revenue as of balance sheet date. Deferred revenue represents collections of cash or other assets related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not yet been recognized. Generally, an entity records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a customer before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in conformity with GAAP.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The amount of previously reported deferred or unearned revenue that was recognized as revenue during the period. For cash flows, this element primarily pertains to amortization of deferred credits on long-term arrangements. As a noncash item, it is deducted from net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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Collaborative Arrangement - Additional Information (Detail) (License and Collaboration Agreement with Sanofi, USD $)	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Sep. 23, 2014	Aug. 11, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 23, 2014	Aug. 11, 2014
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Up-front fee			$ 150,000,000
Potential milestone payment					775,000,000
Profits and losses sharing percentage		35.00%
Maximum secured loan facility				175,000,000
Senior notes, effective interest rate				8.50%
Prepayment of loan percentage of net cash proceeds sale	100.00%
Development and Manufacturing Milestone Events
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Potential milestone payment		75,000,000			75,000,000
Regulatory Approvals
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Potential milestone payment		50,000,000			50,000,000
Product Sales Milestones
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Potential milestone payment		650,000,000			650,000,000
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Profits and losses sharing percentage		65.00%
Collaboration revenue recognized			0
Deferred revenue			$ 150,000,000