Warrant (Details) - KUPI - Warrant issued to UCB $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Class of Warrant or Right
Number of common stock to be purchased under the warrant \| shares	2.5
Warrants expiration period	3 years
warrants exercise price \| $ / shares	$ 48.90
Warrants Issued \| $	$ 29.9

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The fair value of warrants issued in noncash investing and financing activities.

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

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i)(4))
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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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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
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-Section S99
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