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The minimum amount of payments receivable for license fees and substantive milestones under the collaboration agreement.

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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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Collaborative Arrangements and Licensing Agreements, AstraZeneca (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($) Drug PerformanceObligation	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) PerformanceObligation	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 PerformanceObligation
Collaborative Arrangement and Licensing Agreement [Abstract]
Number of separate performance obligations \| PerformanceObligation		1
Revenue earned				$ 144,419	$ 115,800
Deferred revenue						$ 233,362
Licensing and Other Royalty Revenue [Member]
Collaborative Arrangement and Licensing Agreement [Abstract]
Revenue earned				942	2,590
R&D Revenue Under Collaborative Agreements [Member]
Collaborative Arrangement and Licensing Agreement [Abstract]
Revenue earned				102,396	$ 107,999
AstraZeneca [Member]
Collaborative Arrangement and Licensing Agreement [Abstract]
Deferred revenue				$ 51,300		$ 57,700
AstraZeneca [Member] \| Revenue [Member] \| Strategic Partner [Member]
Collaborative Arrangement and Licensing Agreement [Abstract]
Concentration percentage				47.00%	4.00%
AstraZeneca [Member] \| R&D Revenue Under Collaborative Agreements [Member]
Collaborative Arrangement and Licensing Agreement [Abstract]
Revenue earned				$ 68,400	$ 4,900
Cardiac, Renal and Metabolic Diseases [Member]
Collaborative Arrangement and Licensing Agreement [Abstract]
Number of drugs that can be licensed under option in collaboration agreements \| Drug		3
Upfront payment received		$ 65,000
Minimum amount of payments receivable for license fees and substantive milestones				4,000,000
Maximum amount of payments receivable for development milestones				1,100,000
Maximum amount of payments receivable for regulatory milestones				2,900,000
Cumulative payments received				124,000
Next prospective payment				10,000
Transaction price		$ 65,000
Cardiac, Renal and Metabolic Diseases [Member] \| IONIS-AZ5-2.5 [Member]
Collaborative Arrangement and Licensing Agreement [Abstract]
Revenue earned				30,000
Cardiac, Renal and Metabolic Diseases [Member] \| IONIS-AZ6-2.5 [Member]
Collaborative Arrangement and Licensing Agreement [Abstract]
Revenue earned				30,000
Cardiac, Renal and Metabolic Diseases [Member] \| R&D Revenue Under Collaborative Agreements [Member]
Collaborative Arrangement and Licensing Agreement [Abstract]
Payments included in transaction price for performance obligation				90,000
Oncology [Member]
Collaborative Arrangement and Licensing Agreement [Abstract]
Upfront payment received			$ 31,000
Minimum amount of payments receivable for license fees and substantive milestones				750,000
Maximum amount of payments receivable for development milestones				226,000
Maximum amount of payments receivable for regulatory milestones				485,000
Cumulative payments received				97,800
Next prospective payment				$ 17,500
Number of separate performance obligations \| PerformanceObligation			4
Transaction price			$ 31,000
Number of obligations fully satisfied \| PerformanceObligation							3
Oncology [Member] \| IONIS-KRAS-2.5 [Member]
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Revenue earned	$ 13,000
Oncology [Member] \| R&D Revenue Under Collaborative Agreements [Member]
Collaborative Arrangement and Licensing Agreement [Abstract]
Transaction price			$ 7,600