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Customer, Supplier and Product Concentration - Sales and Receivables (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Gross Accounts Receivable	$ 310,007		$ 258,173
Gross sales (1)	$ 429,376	$ 458,641
Customer Concentration Risk \| Gross Accounts Receivable
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	100.00%		100.00%
Customer Concentration Risk \| Gross Sales
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Amerisource
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Gross Accounts Receivable	$ 58,022		$ 56,945
Gross sales (1)	$ 75,997	$ 79,325
Amerisource \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Gross Accounts Receivable
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	18.70%		22.00%
Amerisource \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Gross Sales
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	17.70%	17.30%
Cardinal
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Gross Accounts Receivable	$ 42,870		$ 40,158
Gross sales (1)	$ 67,041	$ 114,040
Cardinal \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Gross Accounts Receivable
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	13.80%		15.60%
Cardinal \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Gross Sales
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	15.60%	24.90%
McKesson
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Gross Accounts Receivable	$ 134,924		$ 118,258
Gross sales (1)	$ 170,544	$ 191,377
McKesson \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Gross Accounts Receivable
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	43.50%		45.80%
McKesson \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Gross Sales
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	39.70%	41.70%
Combined Total
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Gross Accounts Receivable	$ 235,816		$ 215,361
Gross sales (1)	$ 313,582	$ 384,742
Combined Total \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Gross Accounts Receivable
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	76.00%		83.40%
Combined Total \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Gross Sales
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	73.00%	83.90%
All Others
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Gross Accounts Receivable	$ 74,191		$ 42,812
Gross sales (1)	$ 115,794	$ 73,899
All Others \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Gross Accounts Receivable
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	24.00%		16.60%
All Others \| Customer Concentration Risk \| Gross Sales
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	27.00%	16.10%