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Portion of stock units subject to performance condition description two.

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award equity instruments other than options vested weighted average remaining contractual term.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that vested during the reporting period.

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Number of fully vested and expected to vest options outstanding that can be converted into shares under option plan. Includes, but is not limited to, unvested options for which requisite service period has not been rendered but that are expected to vest based on achievement of performance condition, if forfeitures are recognized when they occur.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Share-Based Payment Awards - Performance-Based Stock Units - Additional Information (Detail) - Performance Stock Units [Member] - shares					1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Oct. 12, 2019	Mar. 19, 2019	Oct. 12, 2018	Mar. 19, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Weighted average remaining vesting term						7 months
Performance Condition One [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock units vesting, percentage				50.00%	50.00%
Portion of stock units subject to an FDA acceptance of the Company's NDA submission of YUTIQ for review on or before March 31, 2018					One third
Number of Performance-Based Stock Units, vested				48,332
Performance Condition Two [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock units vesting, percentage			50.00%
Portion of stock units subject to an FDA approval of YUTIQ on or before March 31, 2019			Two-thirds
Number of Performance-Based Stock Units, vested			96,668
Scenario, Forecast [Member] \| Performance Condition One [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock units vesting, percentage		50.00%
Number of performance-based stock units subject to service-based vesting of one year from performance condition achievement date		48,334
Scenario, Forecast [Member] \| Performance Condition Two [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock units vesting, percentage	50.00%
Number of performance-based stock units subject to service-based vesting of one year from performance condition achievement date	96,666