Related Party Transaction Additional Renewal Period of Agreement

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Represents the initial term of the agreement.

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Related Party Transaction Number of Times Agreement can be Renewed

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Rental expense for the reporting period incurred under operating leases, including minimum and any contingent rent expense, net of related sublease income.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41499-112717

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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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Related Party Transactions (Details 4) - CRRM $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) renewal	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Office and Laboratory Space Lease Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Rent expense \| $	$ 113	$ 112	$ 107
Office and Laboratory Space Lease Agreement \| CRNF
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notice period for termination of agreement	180 days
Number of times agreement can be renewed \| renewal	5
Additional renewal period of agreement	1 year
Office and Laboratory Space Lease Agreement \| CRNF \| Minimum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notice period for termination of agreement	60 days
Environmental Agreement \| CRNF \| Minimum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Initial term of agreement (in years)	20 years