The amount of future payments payable under the collaboration arrangement.

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Represents the consecutive number of trading days to determine the weighted average price per share of ordinary shares.

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Initial Cash Payment Per Collaboration Agreement.

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Total number of common shares of an entity that have been sold or granted to shareholders (includes common shares that were issued, repurchased and remain in the treasury). These shares represent capital invested by the firm's shareholders and owners, and may be all or only a portion of the number of shares authorized. Shares issued include shares outstanding and shares held in the treasury.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(29))
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Aggregate par or stated value of issued nonredeemable common stock (or common stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer). This item includes treasury stock repurchased by the entity. Note: elements for number of nonredeemable common shares, par value and other disclosure concepts are in another section within stockholders' equity.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 27, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Number of common shares		36,933,217	30,087,213
Value of common stock		$ 3,693	$ 3,009
Share Price				$ 3.00	$ 5.325
Subsequent Event
Number of common shares	82,019
Subsequent Event \| Pfizer Inc
Value of common stock	$ 8,000,000
Prior trading days	10 days
Share Price	$ 97.5380
Upfront cash payment	$ 3,000,000
Future milestone payments	$ 323,000,000