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Investments and Fair Value Measurements - Financial Assets and Liabilities (Details) - Fair Value, Recurring - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Contingent consideration
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Liabilities	$ 24,570	$ 22,352
Total investments
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	62,206	108,095
Total investments | Commercial paper
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	13,403	20,020
Total investments | Corporate notes/bonds
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	46,816	86,094
Total investments | Securities of government sponsored entities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	1,987	1,981
Money market funds
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	7,962	1,868
Level 1 | Contingent consideration
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Liabilities	0	0
Level 1 | Total investments
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	0	0
Level 1 | Total investments | Commercial paper
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	0	0
Level 1 | Total investments | Corporate notes/bonds
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets		0
Level 1 | Total investments | Securities of government sponsored entities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	0
Level 1 | Money market funds
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	7,962	1,868
Level 2 | Contingent consideration
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Liabilities	0	0
Level 2 | Total investments
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	62,206	108,095
Level 2 | Total investments | Commercial paper
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	13,403	20,020
Level 2 | Total investments | Corporate notes/bonds
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	46,816	86,094
Level 2 | Total investments | Securities of government sponsored entities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	1,987	1,981
Level 2 | Money market funds
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	0	0
Level 3 | Contingent consideration
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Liabilities	24,570	22,352
Level 3 | Total investments
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	0	0
Level 3 | Total investments | Commercial paper
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	0	0
Level 3 | Total investments | Corporate notes/bonds
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	0	0
Level 3 | Total investments | Securities of government sponsored entities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	0
Level 3 | Money market funds
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets	$ 0	$ 0

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482106/820-10-50-2

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