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Note 7 - Stock-based Compensation (Details Textual) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2013 shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2014 shares
Number of Stock-based Compensation Plans		2
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense		$ 12,621	$ 8,487	$ 9,705
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross \| shares		3,915
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value \| $ / shares		$ 3.63
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Intrinsic Value		$ 7,631
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested in Period, Fair Value		$ 9,310	6,380	4,492
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Number \| shares		13,267
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price \| $ / shares		$ 5.95
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		6 years 292 days
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized		$ 17,785
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Expected to be Recognized Next Year		7,607
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Expected to be Recognized Year Two		5,452
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Expected to be Recognized Year Three		3,365
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Expected to be Recognized Year Four		1,361
Incentive Plan [Member]
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		5 years 36 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value \| $ / shares		$ 3.63	$ 2.17	$ 7.72
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Intrinsic Value		$ 1,964	$ 339	$ 10,117
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant \| shares		468	2,273	16	2,362
Incentive Plan [Member] \| Employee Stock Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate		0.00%
Incentive Plan [Member] \| Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		5 years
Incentive Plan [Member] \| Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		10 years
Incentive Plan [Member] \| Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Non-employee Directors [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, First Vesting Period After Grant Date		1 year
Incentive Plan [Member] \| Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Vest 25% Each Year Until Fully Vested [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage		25.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period		4 years
Incentive Plan [Member] \| Stock Options and Restricted Stock [Member] \| Vest 50% Each Year Until Fully Vested [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage		50.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period		2 years
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Incentive Plan [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member] \| Vest Upon Successful Completion of Specific Development Milestones [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross \| shares	1,032				1,250
Incentive Plan [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member] \| Vest Upon Successful Completion of Specific Development Milestones [Member] \| August 2013 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage		75.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Shar-based Payment Award, Awards Unvested, Percentage		25.00%
Incentive Plan [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member] \| Vest Upon Successful Completion of Specific Development Milestones [Member] \| December 2014 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage		30.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Shar-based Payment Award, Awards Unvested, Percentage		70.00%
Incentive Plan [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Instruments, Outstanding, Number \| shares		210
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized \| shares		1,475
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant \| shares		326
Percentage of Salary to Purchase Common Stock, Maximum		15.00%
Percentage of Common Stock Shares, Beginning		85.00%
Percentage of Common Stock Shares, Ending		85.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Number of Shares Per Employee \| shares		3
Shar-based Compensation Arrangement by Shar-based Payment Award, Maximum Number of Shares Per Employee, Amount		$ 25
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Employee Stock Purchase Plans \| shares		95	75	41
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Weighted Average Purchase Price of Shares Purchased \| $ / shares		$ 3.61	$ 4.36	$ 8.65
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value \| $ / shares		$ 2.18	$ 1.95	$ 4.93