The aggregate costs incurred (1) in a planned search or critical investigation aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope that such knowledge will be useful in developing a new product or service, a new process or technique, or in bringing about a significant improvement to an existing product or process; or (2) to translate research findings or other knowledge into a plan or design for a new product or process or for a significant improvement to an existing product or process whether intended for sale or the entity's use, during the reporting period charged to research and development projects, including the costs of developing computer software up to the point in time of achieving technological feasibility, and costs allocated in accounting for a business combination to in-process projects deemed to have no alternative future use.

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LICENSE AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENTS - Other agreements (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) agreement individual	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018
Agreements
Research and development		$ 21,005	$ 19,660	$ 69,686	$ 46,665
Other Agreements
Agreements
Research and development		$ 1,050	$ 1,384	$ 3,028	$ 5,307
CFAs
Agreements
Number of service agreements \| agreement				2
CD33-SRA
Agreements
Research service period						2 years
SRA \| Subsequent Event
Agreements
Research service period	3 years
Researchers, Employees of MSK \| MDSA
Agreements
Number of individuals \| individual				5