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Major Customers, Partnerships and Strategic Alliances (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Bioverativ Inc [Member] |
Research and Development Arrangement, Contract to Perform for Others [Line Items] |
Revenues Recognized under Agreement | Revenues recognized under the Bioverativ Agreement for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 are as follows (in thousands):
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Revenue related to Bioverativ Collaboration: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Recognition of upfront fee |  | $ | 2,321 |  |  | $ | 6,176 |  |  | $ | 5,313 |
Research services |  |  | 6,565 |  |  |  | 7,769 |  |  |  | 7,751 |
Total |  | $ | 8,886 |  |  | $ | 13,945 |  |  | $ | 13,064 |
Shire AG [Member] |
Research and Development Arrangement, Contract to Perform for Others [Line Items] |
Revenues Recognized under Agreement | Revenues recognized under the Shire Agreement for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Revenue related to Shire Collaboration: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Recognition of upfront fee |  | $ | 2,181 |  |  | $ | 2,167 |  |  | $ | 2,167 |
Recognition of milestone |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,000 |
Research services |  |  | 1,096 |  |  |  | 13,584 |  |  |  | 22,765 |
Total |  | $ | 3,277 |  |  | $ | 15,751 |  |  | $ | 25,932 |
Sigma-Aldrich Corporation [Member] |
Research and Development Arrangement, Contract to Perform for Others [Line Items] |
Revenues Recognized under Agreement | Revenues recognized under the agreement with Sigma for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Revenue related to Sigma Collaboration: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Royalty revenues |  | $ | 137 |  |  | $ | 390 |  |  | $ | 344 |
License fee and milestone revenues |  |  | 1,140 |  |  |  | 4,463 |  |  |  | 448 |
Total |  | $ | 1,277 |  |  | $ | 4,853 |  |  | $ | 792 |

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