Business Acquisition, Minimum Number Of Shares Greater Than Fifty Percent Of Total Common Stock Issued And Outstanding

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Business Acquisition, Percent Of Shares Of Common Stock Issued And Outstanding

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Merger Agreement, Commencement Of Cash Tender Offer, Period

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Merger Agreement, Period That Cash Tender Offer Remains Open

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(29))
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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - $ / shares	Feb. 14, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)		$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. \| Subsequent Event \| Purchaser
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Commencement of cash tender offer (in business days)	10 days
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.001
Offer price (in dollars per share)	$ 5.60
Period cash tender offer remains open (in business days)	20 days
Obligation to purchase outstanding shares in the cash tender offer (in shares)	1
Number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding (percentage)	50.00%