Collaborative arrangements - Changes in Balances of Company's Receivables and Contract Liabilities (Detail) - Bristol-Myers Squibb $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Receivables
Balance at beginning of period	$ 400
Additions	6,400
Deductions	(2,800)
Balance at end of period	4,000
Contract liabilities:
Balance at beginning of period	18,265
Additions	200,000
Deductions	(188,588)
Balance at end of period	$ 29,677

Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121604090&loc=SL49130549-203045

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121556615&loc=SL49130531-203044

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121556615&loc=SL49130533-203044

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