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Restructuring and Related Cost, Number of Positions Eliminated, Period Expected Percent

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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions						1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Feb. 12, 2021	Jan. 07, 2021	Jan. 27, 2020	Apr. 15, 2019	Jun. 22, 2018	Jan. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021
Ordinary shares \| Options
Subsequent Event
Number of shares issued in transaction (shares)				630,000	1,323,529
Ordinary shares \| Public Stock Offering
Subsequent Event
Number of shares issued in transaction (shares)			7,250,000	4,830,000
Proceeds of issuance of ordinary shares, net of issuance costs			$ 75.0	$ 108.8
Per share price of issuance (usd per share)			$ 11.00	$ 24.00
Subsequent Events
Subsequent Event
Restructuring and related cost, number of positions eliminated, period expected percent						20.00%
Number of shares issued in transaction (shares)		1,700,000
Proceeds of issuance of ordinary shares, net of issuance costs		$ 15.3
Cash savings, annual basis per annum						$ 15.0
Subsequent Events \| Forecast
Subsequent Event
Restructuring and related cost, incurred cost							$ 2.5
Subsequent Events \| Ordinary shares
Subsequent Event
Number of shares issued in transaction (shares)	14,285,715
Proceeds of issuance of ordinary shares, net of issuance costs	$ 123.4
Per share price of issuance (usd per share)	$ 7.00
Subsequent Events \| Ordinary shares \| Options
Subsequent Event
Number of shares issued in transaction (shares)	2,142,857
Subsequent Events \| Ordinary shares \| Public Stock Offering
Subsequent Event
Proceeds of issuance of ordinary shares, net of issuance costs	$ 108.1