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Accretion of Debt Issuance Cost and Debt Discount in Connection with Deerfield Financing (Detail) (Deerfield, USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Deerfield
   
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Accretion expense- debt issuance cost $ 9us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
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$ 282us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
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Accretion expense- debt discount $ 364us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium
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$ 6,367us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium
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