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Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Composition Of Certain Financial Statement Captions [Abstract]
Depreciation expense	$ 0.4	$ 0.3

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Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions [Abstract]

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The amount of expense recognized in the current period that reflects the allocation of the cost of tangible assets over the assets' useful lives. Includes production and non-production related depreciation.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
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-Section 50
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