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Revenue Accounted for 10% or More of Total Revenues (Detail) (Customer Concentration Risk, Sales Revenue, Net)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ("BMS") and Pfizer Inc. ("Pfizer")
   
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration risk percentage 16.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= ptla_BristolMyersSquibbCompanyAndPfizerIncMember
19.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= ptla_BristolMyersSquibbCompanyAndPfizerIncMember
Bayer Pharma, AG ('Bayer") and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Janssen")
   
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration risk percentage 34.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= ptla_BayerPharmaAGAndJanssenPharmaceuticalsIncMember
38.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= ptla_BayerPharmaAGAndJanssenPharmaceuticalsIncMember
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc ("Daiichi")
   
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration risk percentage 48.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= ptla_DaiichiSankyoIncMember
40.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= ptla_DaiichiSankyoIncMember