Business acquisition, number of free shares held by the holders.

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Business acquisition, number of shares owned by sellers prior to block transaction.

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Business acquisition, percentage of equity interests expected to acquire.

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Business acquisition, percentage of share capital and voting rights held by sellers.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) - TxCell S.A. [Member] - Subsequent Event € / shares in Units, $ / shares in Units, € in Millions, $ in Millions	Jul. 20, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jul. 20, 2018 EUR (€)	Jul. 20, 2018 € / shares shares
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Percentage of share capital and voting rights owned after completion of offer	95.00%		95.00%
Share Purchase Agreement and Tender Offer Agreement [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interests expected to acquire	100.00%		100.00%
Consideration payable	$ 84.0	€ 72
Share Purchase Agreement [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Purchase price per share \| (per share)	$ 3.01		€ 2.58
Number of shares owned by sellers prior to block transaction	13,519,036		13,519,036
Percentage of share capital and voting rights held by sellers	53.00%		53.00%
Tender Offer Agreement [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of free shares held by the holders	495,396		495,396
Tender Offer Agreement [Member] \| 2018 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of common stock available for grant	150,000		150,000