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Maximum milestone payment upon achievement of specified development milestone.

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Maximum milestone payment upon achievement of specified levels of annual net sales of licensed products.

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Maximum milestone payment upon achievement of specified regulatory milestone.

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Payments made on execution of milestone agreement.

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Payments for research and development expenses, under research services agreement.

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Percentage of obligation payable for all future milestone and royalty payments received.

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Upfront payment recognition period.

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Revenue earned during the period relating to consideration received from another party for the right to use, but not own, certain of the entity's intangible assets. Licensing arrangements include, but are not limited to, rights to use a patent, copyright, technology, manufacturing process, software or trademark. Licensing fees are generally, but not always, fixed as to amount and not dependent upon the revenue generated by the licensing party. An entity may receive licensing fees for licenses that also generate royalty payments to the entity.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

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The amount of consideration recognized during the period for the milestone or milestones.

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Research and License Agreements - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		18 Months Ended
	Feb. 29, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	May 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2011	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015
Research and Development Arrangement, Contract to Perform for Others [Line Items]
Milestone license fees recorded										$ 2,000,000
Accrued liability paid for research agreement	$ 2,000,000
Research and development expenses					$ 5,781,176	$ 7,842,884	$ 11,299,898	$ 13,050,614
University Of Basel Agreement [Member]
Research and Development Arrangement, Contract to Perform for Others [Line Items]
Percentage of obligations payable for all future milestone and royalty payments received with respect to rivipansel							10.00%
Milestone license fees recorded										$ 2,000,000
Pfizer License Agreement [Member]
Research and Development Arrangement, Contract to Perform for Others [Line Items]
Potential milestone payments upon the achievement of specified development milestones				$ 115,000,000
Potential milestone payments upon the achievement of specified regulatory milestones				70,000,000
Potential milestone payments upon the achievement specified levels of annual net sales of licensed products				135,000,000
Payment made on execution of milestone agreement				$ 22,500,000
Period of up-front payment							1 year 6 months
Revenue		$ 20,000,000	$ 15,000,000
Pfizer License Agreement [Member] \| Up-Front Payment Arrangement [Member]
Research and Development Arrangement, Contract to Perform for Others [Line Items]
Amount received and recognized as revenue									$ 22,500,000