One-time charge incurred during the reporting period, pertaining to the JSP contract renewal.

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Represents the extension term of the agreement in which the entity acquires goods or services other than employee services in exchange for equity securities of the company.

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Represents the period from the date of notice within which if the breach is not cured, it gives the non-breaching party the right to terminate the contract.

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Represents the additional number of shares or units of the entity's securities to be issued in the transaction in which equity securities were issued to pay for goods or nonemployee services.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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The number of shares or units of entity securities issued in the transaction in which equity securities were issued to pay for goods or nonemployee services.

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Material Contracts with Suppliers (Details) - JSP shares in Millions, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Aug. 19, 2013 USD ($) item shares	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Material Contracts with Suppliers
Number of products under the exclusive distribution agreement \| item	3
Extension term of the agreement	5 years
Number of shares of common stock issued in exchange for exclusive distribution rights	1.5
Expense recorded in accordance with policy related to renewal and extension costs for recognized intangible assets \| $	$ 20.1
Second extension term of the agreement	5 years
Number of shares of common stock issued in exchange for extension of exclusive distribution rights agreement	1.5
Period from notice within which if breach is not cured, non-breaching party has right to terminate contract				30 days
Inventory purchases \| Suppliers
Material Contracts with Suppliers
Purchases of finished goods inventory from JSP as a percentage of the company's inventory purchases		39.00%	59.00%	38.00%	62.00%