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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Annual Earn-out

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Fair Value

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Number of Products Required to be Commercialized for Milestone Payments to be Made

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3179-108585

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Investing Activities
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133

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Contingencies, Commitments and Guarantees - Contingent Consideration (Details)		12 Months Ended
	Apr. 13, 2013 USD ($) product	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 24, 2012 USD ($)
Valeant
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Discontinued operations, target royalties to be achieved for earn-out payment				$ 8,500,000.0
Discontinued operations, consideration, fair value		$ 0	$ 2,000,000
Novartis Agreement
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Discontinued operations, consideration, fair value		0
Visudyne
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Discontinued operations, contingent consideration proceeds		0	0
Mati
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses	$ 1,300,000
PPDS Technology
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Discontinued operations, contingent consideration proceeds		$ 0	$ 0
Milestone one \| Valeant
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Discontinued operations, consideration				5,000,000.0
Milestone two \| Valeant
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Discontinued operations, consideration				2,500,000.0
Milestone three \| Valeant
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Discontinued operations, consideration				0
Earn-out \| Valeant
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Discontinued operations, consideration				15,000,000.0
Discontinued operations, annual earn-out				$ 5,000,000.0
Earn-out \| Mati
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Discontinued operations, consideration	$ 19,500,000.0
Disposal Group, number of products required to be commercialized for milestone payments \| product	2