Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
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Agreements for product and product-related services revenue, description	The Company’s agreements for product and product-related services revenue have an expected duration of one year or less
Service revenue	$ 19,203,888	$ 21,503,894
Profit sharing payments	8,911,372	5,090,475
Research and development	10,570,225	12,598,034
Accounts receivable	3,164,176	5,012,678
Contract liabilities	599,454	410,947	$ 837,885
Collaborative Development Services
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Service revenue	4,571,684	12,382,504
Contract liabilities			$ 110,317
SOW One
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Service revenue	0	2,397,136
Profit sharing payments		99,394
Research and development	0	1,716,115
Accounts receivable	0	0
SOW Two
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Research and development	1,849,088	3,625,332
Accounts receivable	171,298	1,007,950
SOW Two | Collaborative Development Services
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Service revenue	2,685,634	5,988,021
Profit sharing payments	657,000	1,779,827
SOW Three
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Research and development	983,603	2,667,030
Accounts receivable	760,274	363,869
SOW Three | Collaborative Development Services
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Service revenue	1,886,050	3,997,346
Profit sharing payments	$ 720,270	$ 355,631
QIAGEN Manchester Limited
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Agreement commencement period	2016-11
Minimum
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Customer payment term	30 days
Maximum
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Customer payment term	90 days
Maximum | QIAGEN Manchester Limited
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items]
Term of agreement	1 year