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Employee Stock Benefit Plans (Details 3) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Additional disclosures      
Share-based compensation 5,426us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense 6,074us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense  
Restricted stock units      
Restricted Stock      
Common stock receivable per option exercised (in shares) 1irwd_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesPerOptionExercised
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
   
Vesting percentage 25.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
   
Summary of unvested shares of restricted stock, shares      
Granted (in shares) 493,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
[1]    
Forfeited (in shares) (2,000)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
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= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
   
Outstanding at the end of the period (in shares) 491,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
   
Summary of unvested shares of restricted stock, weighted-average fair value      
Granted (in dollars per share) 15.62us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
[1]    
Forfeited (in dollars per share) 15.62us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
   
Outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share) 15.62us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_RestrictedStockMember
   
Options to purchase common stock      
Weighted-average assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the stock options using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model      
Expected volatility (as a percent) 46.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= irwd_EmployeeAndNonemployeeStockOptionMember
46.60%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= irwd_EmployeeAndNonemployeeStockOptionMember
 
Expected term 6 years 6 years 1 month 6 days  
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent) 1.70%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= irwd_EmployeeAndNonemployeeStockOptionMember
1.80%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= irwd_EmployeeAndNonemployeeStockOptionMember
 
Additional disclosures      
Shares issuable under outstanding options 21,090,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= irwd_EmployeeAndNonemployeeStockOptionMember
  19,957,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= irwd_EmployeeAndNonemployeeStockOptionMember
[1] RSUs granted in the three months ended March 31, 2015 primarily represent awards made in connection with the Company’s annual equity grants in March 2015.