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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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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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Goodwill and Intangible Assets Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	$ 0		$ 0	$ 59,816	$ 0
Goodwill	586,730			586,730			$ 646,680
Amortization of Intangible Assets	$ 3,200		$ 4,200	$ 9,600	$ 13,000
Strategy and Innovation [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss		$ 49,900
Goodwill		37,500
Life Sciences [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss		$ 9,900
Measurement Input, Long-term Revenue Growth Rate [Member] \| Strategy and Innovation [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Fair Value of Reporting Unit, Measurement Input		3.00%
Measurement Input, Long-term Revenue Growth Rate [Member] \| Life Sciences [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Fair Value of Reporting Unit, Measurement Input		3.00%
Measurement Input, Long-term EBITDA margin [Domain] \| Strategy and Innovation [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Fair Value of Reporting Unit, Measurement Input		24.80%
Measurement Input, Long-term EBITDA margin [Domain] \| Life Sciences [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Fair Value of Reporting Unit, Measurement Input		6.70%
Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member] \| Strategy and Innovation [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Fair Value of Reporting Unit, Measurement Input		16.00%
Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member] \| Life Sciences [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Fair Value of Reporting Unit, Measurement Input		10.50%
Measurement Input, Revenue Multiple [Member] \| Minimum \| Strategy and Innovation [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Fair Value of Reporting Unit, Measurement Input						120.00%
Measurement Input, Revenue Multiple [Member] \| Minimum \| Life Sciences [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Fair Value of Reporting Unit, Measurement Input						30.00%
Measurement Input, Revenue Multiple [Member] \| Maximum \| Strategy and Innovation [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Fair Value of Reporting Unit, Measurement Input						170.00%
Measurement Input, Revenue Multiple [Member] \| Maximum \| Life Sciences [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Fair Value of Reporting Unit, Measurement Input						40.00%