Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

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Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

Related Party Transactions (Detail) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Detail) - USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Sanofi
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses incurred for services performed or out-of-pocket expenses under the Sanofi agreement (less than)		$ 100,000	$ 0	$ 800,000	$ 400,000
Alnylam
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Potential milestone payments to related party	$ 33,000,000