Strategic Alliances and Collaborations (Revenue from Strategic Alliances) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 18	$ 204	$ 54	$ 1,176
Strategic Alliances and Collaborations
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Total revenues	18	204	54	1,176
Strategic Alliances and Collaborations \| Sanofi
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Total revenues	18	18	54	54
Strategic Alliances and Collaborations \| AstraZeneca
Revenue from External Customer [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 0	$ 186	$ 0	$ 1,122

Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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 210.5-03.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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