Common Stock, Additional Capital Shares Reserved For Future Issuance

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Represents the increase in common stock reserved for issuance as a percentage of total number of shares of the Company's capital stock outstanding on the last day of the preceding fiscal year.

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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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 210.5-02.29)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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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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Number of additional shares authorized for issuance under an established share-based compensation plan.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Details) - shares	1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Stock-Based Compensation (Details) - shares	Jan. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2017
Stock Option Plans
Company’s common stock available for issuance (in shares)		9,028,652	7,927,394
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Stock Option Plans
Increase in common stock available for issuance (in shares)		220,090
Employee Stock Purchase Plan \| Maximum
Stock Option Plans
Increase in common stock reserved for issuance as a percentage of total number of shares of the Company's capital stock outstanding on the last day of the preceding fiscal year		1.00%
2014 Equity Incentive Plan
Stock Option Plans
Increase in common stock reserved for issuance as a percentage of total number of shares of the Company's capital stock outstanding on the last day of the preceding fiscal year	4.00%
Increase in common stock available for issuance (in shares)			880,362
2016 Inducement Plan
Stock Option Plans
Company’s common stock available for issuance (in shares)	900,000			450,000
Company’s additional common stock available for issuance (in shares)	450,000