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Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract] |
Fair Value, by Balance Sheet Grouping [Table Text Block] |
|  | Assets and Liabilities at Fair Value as of September 30, 2018
|  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
|  | (in thousands)
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 48,902 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 48,902 |
Short-term investments |  | 125,588 |  |  | 12,807 |  |  | — |  |  | 138,395 |
Total cash and cash equivalents and investments |  | $ | 174,490 |  |  | $ | 12,807 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 187,297 |
|  | Assets and Liabilities at Fair Value as of December 31, 2017
|  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
|  | (in thousands)
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 61,661 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 61,661 |
Short-term investments |  | 222,148 |  |  | 26,979 |  |  | — |  |  | 249,127 |
Total cash and cash equivalents and investments |  | $ | 283,809 |  |  | $ | 26,979 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 310,788 |

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