EBP, Employer Contribution, Additional Retirement Contribution, Percentage

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EBP, Employer Contribution, Discretionary Retirement Contribution, Maximum Percentage

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EBP, Employer Contribution Maximum Vesting Age

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EBP, Employer Contribution Vesting Service Period

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- Definition

EBP, Note Receivable from Participant, Account, Maximum Borrowing Outstanding, Period

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EBP, Note Receivable From Participant, Account, Maximum Borrowing Term

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EBP, Participant, Benefit Payments, Mandatory Distribution, Age

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EBP, Participants, Plan Participants Covered By Collective Bargaining Arrangements, Percentage

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EBP, Plan Amendment, Employees Not Covered By Collective Bargaining Agreement, Employee Contribution, No Requirement For Eligible Compensation Minimum Deferral Percentage

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- Definition

EBP, Vested Value Automatic Rollover, Limit

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EBP, Vested Value Distribution, Limit

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EBP, Vested Value Lump Sum Automatic Cash-Out, Limit

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- Definition

Amount of net asset available for benefit transferred to (from) employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) from (to) external plan.

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- Definition

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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- Definition

Percentage of employer matching contribution on eligible participant contribution to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Percentage of participant compensation eligible for employer matching contribution for participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Amount of plan asset, in forfeited nonvested account, no longer allocated to participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Amount of decrease in forfeited nonvested account of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) from employer contribution.

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-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
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- Definition

Amount of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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Percentage of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow to total participant account balance.

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- Definition

Percentage of maximum pretax annual compensation that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), is permitted to contribute to total pretax annual compensation.

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Description of the Plan (Details) - EBP 004		12 Months Ended
Description of the Plan (Details) - EBP 004	Jan. 01, 2022	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) yr	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Plan amendment, removes the requirement that employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements deferral of eligible pay, percentage	5.00%
Asset transfers into the plan		$ 17,800,000
Participant contribution, maximum annual compensation to total compensation		75.00%
Employer contribution, matching percentage		100.00%
Employer contribution, participant compensation matched		3.00%
Retirement contribution maximum percentage		2.00%
Retirement contribution social security base		2.00%
Employer contribution vesting service period		3 years
Employer contribution, maximum vesting age \| yr		65
Participants, plan participants covered by collective bargaining arrangements		1.00%
Participant, benefit payments, mandatory distribution, age \| yr		73
Vested value lump sum balance, amount		$ 1,000
Vested value distribution, limit		$ 5,000
Note receivable from participant, account, maximum borrowing, to total account		50.00%
Note receivable from participant, account, maximum borrowing		$ 50,000
Note receivable from participant, account, maximum borrowing period		1 year
Note receivable from participant, loan repayment period		60 months
Forfeited nonvested account		$ 1,600,000	$ 600,000
Forfeited nonvested account, decrease from employer contribution		2,100,000
Maximum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Vested value automatic rollover limit		5,000
Minimum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Vested value automatic rollover limit		$ 1,000
Next Two Percent Of Eligible Compensation
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Employer contribution, matching percentage		50.00%
Employer contribution, participant compensation matched		2.00%
Genedata USA Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Asset transfers into the plan		$ 17,700,000