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Income Taxes - Expected Expirations of Federal and State Losses and Credits (Details)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
State
Expirations of Operating Loss Carryforwards, Components [Abstract]
2019	$ 0.0
2020	0.0
2021	300,000.0
2022	300,000.0
2023	400,000.0
2024 and thereafter	143,200,000.0
Indefinite	0.0
Total	144,200,000.0
Federal
Expirations of Operating Loss Carryforwards, Components [Abstract]
2019	2,400,000.0
2020	1,600,000.0
2021	2,300,000.0
2022	6,000,000.0
2023	4,500,000.0
2024 and thereafter	280,000,000.0
Indefinite	86,500,000.0
Total	383,300,000.0
Research Tax Credit Carryforward | State
Expirations of Tax Credit Carryforwards [Abstract]
2019	0.0
2020	0.0
2021	0.0
2022	0.0
2023	0.0
2024 and thereafter	0.0
Indefinite	2,700,000.0
Total	2,700,000
Research Tax Credit Carryforward | Federal
Expirations of Tax Credit Carryforwards [Abstract]
2019	0.0
2020	0.0
2021	0.0
2022	0.0
2023	0.0
2024 and thereafter	13,800,000.0
Indefinite	0.0
Total	$ 13,800,000

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