Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - Distribution Agreement - Allergan plc - Enoxaparin - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2012	May. 31, 2005	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Proceeds from Customers		$ 4.5
Deferred Revenue	$ 4.5		$ 2.0	$ 2.6
Distribution Agreement With Corporate Partner, Renewal Option Period			3 years
Deferred Revenue, Period for Recognition	7 years

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Represents the additional period length of the renewal option to the distribution agreement in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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Amount of deferred revenue as of balance sheet date. Deferred revenue represents collections of cash or other assets related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not yet been recognized. Generally, an entity records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a customer before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in conformity with GAAP.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 605
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 13.A.4(a).Q1 Response)
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-Publisher SEC
-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)
-Number Topic 13
-Section A

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Cash received from collaborators during the current period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 25
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