Label	Element	Value
Pfizer Discovery and Collaboration Agreement [Member] \| Milestone Payments - Initiation of First Phase 1 Trial for MRTX849 [Member]
Research and Development Expense	us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	$ 1,000,000
Pfizer Discovery and Collaboration Agreement [Member] \| Development Milestone Payments [Member]
Research and Development Arrangement, Discovery and Collaboration Agreement, Milestone Payments Paid	mrtx_ResearchandDevelopmentArrangementDiscoveryandCollaborationAgreementMilestonePaymentsPaid	9,500,000
Research and Development Arrangement, Discovery and Collaboration Agreement, Compensation Expected to be Paid	mrtx_ResearchandDevelopmentArrangementDiscoveryandCollaborationAgreementCompensationExpectedtobePaid	9,300,000
Pfizer Discovery and Collaboration Agreement [Member] \| Sales Milestone Payments [Member]
Research and Development Arrangement, Discovery and Collaboration Agreement, Compensation Expected to be Paid	mrtx_ResearchandDevelopmentArrangementDiscoveryandCollaborationAgreementCompensationExpectedtobePaid	$ 337,000,000

The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 912
-SubTopic 730
-Section 25
-Paragraph 1
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Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 985
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 730
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6420194&loc=d3e21568-108373

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