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Major Customers, Partnerships and Strategic Alliances - Revenues Recognized under Agreement (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Revenues:
Total	$ 26,837	$ 23,562	$ 21,416	$ 12,637	$ 13,077	$ 11,812	$ 8,253	$ 3,425	$ 84,452	$ 36,567	$ 19,389
Collaboration Agreements [Member]
Revenues:
Total									84,065	35,960	18,881
Bioverativ Inc [Member]
Revenues:
Total									13,516	12,258	8,886
Bioverativ Inc [Member] | Collaboration Agreements [Member]
Revenues:
Total									4,013	1,769	2,321
Bioverativ Inc [Member] | Research Services [Member]
Revenues:
Total									$ 9,503	$ 10,489	$ 6,565

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Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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