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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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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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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
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Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information (Details) - Contingent Consideration - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Contingent consideration liability (asset)	$ 928	$ 1,024	$ 1,842	$ 1,886
Revenue-based Payments
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Contingent consideration liability (asset)	$ 928	$ 874
Revenue-based Payments \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Probability of milestone payment	100.00%	100.00%
Revenue-based Payments \| Minimum \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Discount rate	5.00%	5.00%
Revenue-based Payments \| Maximum \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Discount rate	15.00%	15.00%
Contingent Receivable [Member]
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Contingent consideration liability (asset)	$ (681)
Contingent Receivable [Member] \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Probability of milestone payment	75.00%
Discount rate	10.00%
Other Payments
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Contingent consideration liability (asset)		$ 150
Other Payments \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Probability of milestone payment		100.00%
Discount rate		0.00%