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Non contingent and non refundable minimum gross proceeds from equity financing and strategic partnerships.

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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Description of conversion terms for debt instrument.

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Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instrument must exceed threshold percentage for specified number of trading days to trigger conversion feature.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Convertible Debt Agreement - Additional Information (Details)		3 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2020 USD ($) TradingDay Installment Facility $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Shares of common stock reserved for future issuances \| shares		23,905,040		21,805,776
Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion of Outstanding Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Shares of common stock reserved for future issuances \| shares		1,219,512		2,439,024
Loan and Security Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, terms of conversion description		The Company has the right to convert at any time any portion of the then outstanding borrowings and all accrued but unpaid interest into shares of the Company’s common stock, at the applicable conversion price, subject to the fulfillment of both of the following conditions: (i) during a period of 30 consecutive trading days prior to the date on which the Company provides notice of the exercise of its conversion right, the closing price of the Company’s common stock was higher than 1.4 times the applicable conversion price of the term loans on at least 20 trading days, including on the trading day preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of the exercise of its conversion right, (ii) the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion by the Company shall not exceed the average weekly number of shares of the Company’s common stock traded on the stock market for the four weeks immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of the exercise of its conversion right.
Debt instrument conversion threshold consecutive trading days \| TradingDay	30
Loan and Security Agreement \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument conversion threshold trading days \| TradingDay	20
Loan and Security Agreement \| Pontifax
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loan agreement, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 25,000,000.0
Number of term loan facilities \| Facility	3
Fixed interest rate on loan amounts outstanding	9.00%
Loan and security agreement, term	48 months
Loan and security agreement, interest only payment period	24 months
Expiration of interest only period	Sep. 29, 2022
Loan and security agreement, number of quarterly payments \| Installment	8
Loan and security agreement, frequency of payments		quarterly
Conversion price for borrowings outstanding \| $ / shares	$ 4.10
Debt instrument, terms of conversion description		Pontifax, at its option, has the right to convert at any time any portion of the then outstanding borrowings and all accrued but unpaid interest into shares of the Company’s common stock, at the applicable conversion price. The conversion price for borrowings outstanding under the Pontifax Agreement is fixed at $4.10 per share. If the Company consummates a stock split, stock combination, reclassification, payment of stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction (each a “Stock Event”), then the applicable conversion price will be proportionately increased or decreased as necessary to reflect the proportionate change in shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding as a result of such Stock Event.
Voluntary principal repayments		$ 5,000,000.0
Outstanding principal balance		$ 5,000,000.0		$ 10,000,000.0
Loan and Security Agreement \| Pontifax \| Initial Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loan agreement, advanced amount	$ 10,000,000.0
Loan and Security Agreement \| Pontifax \| Credit Line
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loan agreement, remaining borrowing capacity	$ 5,000,000.0
Loan and security agreement, percentage fee paid	1.00%
Unused credit facility expiration date	Sep. 29, 2021
Loan and Security Agreement \| Pontifax \| Third Installment Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loan and security agreement, available borrowing capacity subject to achievement of milestones	$ 10,000,000.0		$ 10,000,000
Non-contingent, non-refundable gross proceeds from one or more equity financings and/or strategic partnerships	$ 15,000,000.0		$ 15,000,000
Unused credit facility expiration date	Dec. 29, 2021