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Amount of consideration received or receivable in cash for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

No definition available.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable in shares for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

No definition available.

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Represents the number of tranches for cash payments to be received for disposal of subsidiary.

No definition available.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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The amount of income from research collaborations.

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The amount of cash on hand and demand deposits, along with short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and that are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. [Refer: Cash; Cash equivalents]

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The gain (loss) recognised on the measurement to fair value less costs to sell or on the disposal of the assets or disposal group(s) constituting the discontinued operation. [Refer: Discontinued operations [member]]

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The amount of exchange differences recognised in profit or loss that arise from foreign currency transactions, excluding those arising on financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss in accordance with IFRS 9. [Refer: At fair value [member]; Financial instruments, class [member]]

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The cash inflow from the disposal of non-current assets or disposal groups classified as held for sale and discontinued operations. [Refer: Discontinued operations [member]; Disposal groups classified as held for sale [member]; Non-current assets or disposal groups classified as held for sale]

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The amount of income recognised in relation to government grants. [Refer: Government grants]

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