Percentage of equity interest agreed to be acquired by the company.

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- Definition

Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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- Definition

The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Nature of the Business (Details) € in Millions, $ in Millions			9 Months Ended
	Aug. 24, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 21, 2020 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2020 segment
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments \| segment			2
MVE
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Cash consideration \| $	$ 320
CRYOPDP
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Cash consideration \| €		€ 49
Advanced Therapy Logistics and Solutions
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest agreed to be acquired		100.00%