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Fair Value Inputs, Probability of Milestone Payment

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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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- Definition

Fair value of financial instrument classified as an asset 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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99377789&loc=d3e19207-110258

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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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Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information (Details) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Contingent Consideration
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Contingent consideration liability	$ 10,912	$ 10,956	$ 10,928	$ 5,572	$ 705	$ 683
Revenue-based Payments \| Contingent Consideration
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Contingent consideration liability	$ 10,912	$ 10,956
Revenue-based Payments \| Contingent Consideration \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Probability of milestone payment		100.00%
Measurement Input, Discount Rate \| Revenue-based Payments \| Contingent Consideration \| Minimum \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Discount rate	0.099	0.099
Measurement Input, Discount Rate \| Revenue-based Payments \| Contingent Consideration \| Maximum \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Discount rate	0.15	0.15
Contingent Receivable \| Other Payments
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Contingent consideration asset	$ 474	$ 760
Contingent Receivable \| Other Payments \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Probability of milestone payment	54.00%	75.00%
Contingent Receivable \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate \| Other Payments \| Discounted Cash Flow \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Discount rate	0.10	0.10