Period of time for prior written notice to exercise right to terminate agreement.

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Upfront cash payment and other payments received under collaboration agreement.

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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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Revenue earned during the period relating to consideration received from another party for the right to use, but not own, certain of the entity's intangible assets. Licensing arrangements include, but are not limited to, rights to use a patent, copyright, technology, manufacturing process, software or trademark. Licensing fees are generally, but not always, fixed as to amount and not dependent upon the revenue generated by the licensing party. An entity may receive licensing fees for licenses that also generate royalty payments to the entity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(e))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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Collaboration Agreement (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
Collaboration Agreement (Details) - USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2018	Jan. 31, 2017	Jan. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Upfront cash payment and other payments received under collaboration agreement				$ 6,000,000
License fee and other revenues		$ 300,000	$ 300,000	$ 1,095	$ 15,107
Scenario Plan
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
License fee and other revenues	$ 300,000
The Bayer Group (formerly Algeta ASA) [Member]
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Period of time for prior written notice to exercise right to terminate agreement				3 months