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Collaborative and Other Relationships (Details) $ in Thousands			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Nov. 03, 2023 USD ($) payment	Nov. 05, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) period dose	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2025 dose	Nov. 30, 2023
Collaborative and Other Relationships [Line Items]
Revenues				$ 117,085	$ 86,742	$ 319,178	$ 238,011
Torii Pharmaceutical Co.
Collaborative and Other Relationships [Line Items]
Revenues		$ 22,000
Potential milestone payments receivable if regulatory approval before specified date		$ 15,000
Maximum customary reduction on royalty rate		50.00%
Torii Pharmaceutical Co. \| Minimum
Collaborative and Other Relationships [Line Items]
Royalty rate if maintains sakigake designation		20.00%
Royalty rate									20.00%
Torii Pharmaceutical Co. \| Maximum
Collaborative and Other Relationships [Line Items]
Royalty rate if maintains sakigake designation		40.00%
Royalty rate									80.00%
Clearside Biomedical, Inc.
Collaborative and Other Relationships [Line Items]
Upfront payment	$ 5,000
Number of milestone payments \| payment	3
Number of royalties tiers \| payment	3
Clearside Biomedical, Inc. \| Annual Net Sales Of $2 Million
Collaborative and Other Relationships [Line Items]
Annual global net sales	$ 2,000,000
Clearside Biomedical, Inc. \| Annual Net Sales Greater Than $1.5 Million
Collaborative and Other Relationships [Line Items]
Annual global net sales	1,500,000
Clearside Biomedical, Inc. \| Maximum
Collaborative and Other Relationships [Line Items]
Potential milestone payment	30,000
Potential payment if milestone reached	$ 47,500
HHS Office of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
Collaborative and Other Relationships [Line Items]
Contract value			$ 69,388
Contract term			5 years
HHS Office of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response \| RAPIVAB
Collaborative and Other Relationships [Line Items]
Number of doses permitted to be procured \| dose			95,600
Contract term			12 months
Number of optional ordering periods \| period			4
Proceeds from collaborators			$ 13,878
HHS Office of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response \| RAPIVAB \| Forecast
Collaborative and Other Relationships [Line Items]
Doses to be delivered \| dose								19,100