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Upfront payments made to partner as part of collaborative arrangement.

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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.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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The cash outflows from the purchase of net carrying value allocated to in-process research and development costs and materials acquired in a business combination.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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