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Note 1 - Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2016
Notes Tables |
Available-for-sale Securities [Table Text Block] |
|  | June 30, 2016
|  | Amortized Cost |  | Accrued Interest |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Estimated Fair Value
Obligations of the U.S. Government and its agencies |  | $ | 14,081 |  |  | $ | 38 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 14,127 |
Corporate debt securities |  |  | 16,641 |  |  |  | 147 |  |  |  | 23 |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 16,810 |
Certificates of deposit |  |  | 20,258 |  |  |  | 22 |  |  |  | 23 |  |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | 20,296 |
Total investments |  | $ | 50,980 |  |  | $ | 207 |  |  | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | (8 | ) |  | $ | 51,233 |
|  | December 31, 2015
|  | Amortized Cost |  | Accrued Interest |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Estimated Fair Value
Obligations of the U.S. Government and its agencies |  | $ | 26,557 |  |  | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (99 | ) |  | $ | 26,546 |
Corporate debt securities |  |  | 21,820 |  |  |  | 184 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (41 | ) |  |  | 21,963 |
Certificates of deposit |  |  | 21,884 |  |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | (72 | ) |  |  | 21,838 |
Total investments |  | $ | 70,261 |  |  | $ | 293 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | (212 | ) |  | $ | 70,347 |
Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities Fair Value [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
Maturing in one year or less |  | $ | 27,079 |  |  | $ | 22,664 |
Maturing after one year through two years |  |  | 18,164 |  |  |  | 28,395 |
Maturing after two years |  |  | 5,990 |  |  |  | 19,288 |
Total investments |  | $ | 51,233 |  |  | $ | 70,347 |
Schedule of Receivables from Collaborations [Table Text Block] |
|  | June 30, 2016
|  | Billed |  | Unbilled |  | Total
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |  | $ | 723 |  |  | $ | 1,273 |  |  | $ | 1,996 |
Shionogi & Co. Ltd. |  |  | 145 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 145 |
Seqirus UK Limited |  |  | 37 |  |  |  | 56 |  |  |  | 93 |
Total receivables |  | $ | 905 |  |  | $ | 1,329 |  |  | $ | 2,234 |
|  | December 31, 2015
|  | Billed |  | Unbilled |  | Total
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 5,536 |  |  | $ | 5,536 |
Shionogi & Co. Ltd. |  |  | 469 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 469 |
Seqirus UK Limited |  |  | 210 |  |  |  | 28 |  |  |  | 238 |
Total receivables |  | $ | 679 |  |  | $ | 5,564 |  |  | $ | 6,243 |
Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2016 |  | 2015
Work in process |  | $ | 1,949 |  |  | $ | 1,612 |
Inventories |  | $ | 1,949 |  |  | $ | 1,612 |
Schedule of Revenues from Collaborations [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months |  | Six Months
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Product sales, net |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 537 |
Royalty revenue |  |  | 629 |  |  |  | 132 |  |  |  | 2,519 |  |  |  | 1,650 |
Collaborative and other research and development revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |  |  | 3,709 |  |  |  | 3,731 |  |  |  | 6,033 |  |  |  | 8,206 |
Shionogi (Japan) |  |  | 296 |  |  |  | 296 |  |  |  | 592 |  |  |  | 592 |
Seqirus UK Limited |  |  | 153 |  |  |  | 21,683 |  |  |  | 463 |  |  |  | 21,683 |
Total collaborative and other research and development revenues |  |  | 4,158 |  |  |  | 25,710 |  |  |  | 7,088 |  |  |  | 30,481 |
Total revenues |  | $ | 4,787 |  |  | $ | 25,842 |  |  | $ | 9,607 |  |  | $ | 32,668 |

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