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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Feb. 26, 2009
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Statutory federal income tax rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate  
Deferred tax assets $ 33,100,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNetCurrent $ 13,500,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNetCurrent    
Deferred tax assets (liabilities), noncurrent (164,500,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNetNoncurrent (128,700,000)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNetNoncurrent    
Increase in valuation allowance 39,700,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount      
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance 43,874,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 4,186,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance    
Unrecognized tax benefit affect if recognized 8,800,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 8,100,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate    
Alternative Minimum Tax Credit [Member]        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Tax carryforwards 4,900,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
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Foreign Net Operating Losses [Member]        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Tax carryforwards $ 169,800,000us-gaap_TaxCreditCarryforwardAmount
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Targanta [Member]        
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]        
Percentage of voting interests acquired       100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
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