Business Overview (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018 product	Jun. 10, 2016 subsidiary
Business Overview
Novel compounds in development (number) \| product	2
Ciclofilin
Business Overview
Number of wholly-owned subsidiary \| subsidiary		1

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