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Development, Commercialization and Supply Agreement - Recognized Revenues Changes in Contract Asset and Contract Liability Balances (Detail) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Revenue recognized in the period from:
Amounts included in contract liability at the beginning of the period	$ 405
Performance obligations satisfied in previous periods	$ 193

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Contract with customer liability revenue recognized excluding performance obligation satisfied in previous period.

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Amount of revenue recognized from performance obligation satisfied or partially satisfied in previous reporting periods. Includes, but is not limited to, change in transaction price.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 12A
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109196051&loc=SL108322424-203045

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