Commitments and Contingencies (Collaboration Agreement) (Details) - Development agreement - Drug delivery system item in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) item
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]
Collaborative Agreement, Upfront Payment	$ 0.5
Collaborative Agreement, Milestone Payments	1.2
Collaborative Agreement, Contingent Obligation	$ 0.8
Collaborative Agreement, Contingent Purchase Obligation First 12 Months, Units \| item	1.0
Purchase period	12 months

The obligation to make payment if certain milestones are met as part of the collaboration agreement.

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- Definition

The number of units the company has committed to purchase in the first 12 months if development is successful in a collaboration agreement.

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- Definition

The period of time in which the reporting entity intends to purchase a specified minimum amount if development is successful.

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- Definition

The milestone payments since inception of the collaboration agreement.

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- Definition

The upfront payment since inception of the collaboration agreement.

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- Definition

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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