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Debt Instrument, Percentage Revenue Interest Of Future Net Sales

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Debt Instrument, Quarterly Royalty Payment

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Debt Instrument, Royalty Percentage Of Future Net Sales

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Debt Instrument, Royalty Percentage Of Future Net Sales If Principal And Interest Payments Below Minimum Specified Levels

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Debt Instrument, Royalty Trail Cap, Percentage Of Face Amount

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Debt Instrument, Voluntary Prepay Election, Amount Due, Percentage Of Funded Amount

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Amount of the fee that accompanies borrowing money under the debt instrument.

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Increase for accrued, but unpaid interest on the debt instrument for the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(f))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930785&loc=d3e28551-108399

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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 the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense for debt.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.8)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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The cash outflow paid to third parties in connection with debt origination, which will be amortized over the remaining maturity period of the associated long-term debt.

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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 15
-Subparagraph (e)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3291-108585

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The cash inflow during the period from additional borrowings in aggregate debt. Includes proceeds from short-term and long-term debt.

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Long-term Debt (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Long-term Debt (Details) - USD ($)	May 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payment of debt issuance costs			$ 136,000	$ 0
HCRP \| Royalty-backed loan agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of debt	$ 35,000,000
Contingent consideration, asset	$ 65,000,000.0
Percentage revenue interest of future net sales	12.50%
Quarterly royalty payment (up to)	$ 15,000,000.0
Royalty percentage of future net sales	6.25%
Royalty trail cap, percentage of face amount	200.00%
Voluntary prepay election, amount due, percentage of funded amount	200.00%
Interest rate, stated percentage	11.00%
Accrued interest		$ 700,000
Lender expense	$ 400,000
Payment of debt issuance costs	$ 800,000
Interest expense		$ 700,000
Effective interest rate	16.60%
HCRP \| Royalty-backed loan agreement \| December 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Royalty percentage of future net sales if principal and interest payments below minimum specified levels (up to)	17.50%
HCRP \| Royalty-backed loan agreement \| December 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Royalty percentage of future net sales if principal and interest payments below minimum specified levels (up to)	22.50%