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Contingent Liability

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Lease expiration month and year.

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Long Term Purchase Commitment, Expiration Date

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Long-term purchase commitment, renewal time period.

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Milestone rights liability.

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Number of vehicle leases.

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Number of vehicle leases replaced.

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Number of vehicle leases retired.

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Operating leases annual increase in rent expense.

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Payment of long term purchase commitment amendment fee.

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Reimbursement amount received for tenant improvements.

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Amount of expenses incurred but not yet paid nor invoiced, and liabilities classified as other.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Amount of gain (loss) on termination of lease before expiration of lease term.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease.

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Amount of lessee's right to use underlying asset under operating lease.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)	1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2017 USD ($)	May 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) Vehicle	Nov. 30, 2020 $ / shares shares	Aug. 31, 2019 $ / shares shares	Jul. 01, 2013 USD ($)
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Supply Agreement expiration period			Dec. 31, 2027
Supply Agreement renewal period			2 years
Master Lease Agreement with Enterprise \| Vehicle Leases
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of vehicle leases retired \| Vehicle			50
Number of vehicle leases replaced \| Vehicle			37
Number of vehicle leases \| Vehicle			76
Operating lease rent expenses			$ 100,000
Gain or loss recorded for leases removed			0
Operating lease, right-of-use asset			500,000
Operating lease, liability			500,000
Cost of Goods Sold
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Payment of long term purchase commitment, amendment fees			2,000,000.0
MidCap Credit Facility
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase common stock \| shares				111,853	1,171,614
Exercise price of warrants \| $ / shares				$ 2.91	$ 1.11
Deerfield \| Milestone Rights Liability
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Contingent liability remain payable			65,000,000.0
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities			1,100,000
Milestone rights liability			$ 4,800,000
Deerfield \| Milestone Rights Liability \| Maximum
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Contingent liability for milestone payments						$ 90,000,000.0
Russell Ranch Road II LLC \| Office Lease
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Operating lease rent expenses	$ 35,969	$ 40,951
Percentage of annual increase in lease payment	3.00%	3.00%
Lease expiration	2023-01	2023-01
Lease renewal option	5 years	5 years
Reimbursement amount received for tenant improvements	$ 56,325