Percentage of fair value of consideration to be paid.

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Percentage of valuation applicable to initial profits.

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Maximum equity investment allowed for lenders in entity's common stock.

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Threshold amount of liquidity event for exercise of warrants.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
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Number of securities into which each warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, each warrant may be converted into two shares.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 235
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
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Debt and Credit Facilities - Warrants (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	Mar. 20, 2024	Apr. 19, 2022	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 05, 2023
Debt
Warrants to purchase common stock (in shares)			8,620
Original Warrants, Issued April 2022
Debt
Warrants to purchase common stock (in shares)		278
Exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 20.04		$ 3.6452
Maximum equity investment allowed for lenders		$ 5,000
Premium share price (as a percent)		10.00%
Common stock issuable (in shares)		5,852
2023 Warrants
Debt
Warrants to purchase common stock (in shares)				70
Exercise price (in dollars per share)				$ 3.6452
2024 Warrants
Debt
Warrants to purchase common stock (in shares)	100
Exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 3.0723
Premium share price (as a percent)	10.00%
OnkosXcel Warrants
Debt
Warrants to purchase common stock (in shares)		175
Premium share price (as a percent)		10.00%
Threshold amount of liquidity event for exercise of warrants		$ 20,000
Percentage of fair value of consideration to be paid		75.00%
Percentage of valuation applicable to initial profits		150.00%