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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
0 Months Ended
Feb. 24, 2014
Oct. 11, 2013
Mar. 31, 2015
Sep. 30, 2014
Class Of Stock [Line Items]        
Capital stock authorized for issuance     150,000,000us-gaap_CapitalUnitsAuthorized  
Common stock, shares authorized     145,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized 145,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
Common stock, par value     $ 0.001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
Preferred stock, shares authorized     5,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized 5,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized
Preferred stock, par value     $ 0.001us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.001us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
Common stock, shares outstanding     59,435,862us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding 54,656,936us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
Preferred stock, shares outstanding     15,652us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding 18,300us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding
Threshold percentage of common stock ownership upon preferred stock conversion     9.99%arwr_ThresholdPercentageOfCommonStockOwnershipUponPreferredStockConversion  
Stock issuances, Shares 6,325,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues 3,071,672us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues    
Sale of stock, price per share $ 18.95us-gaap_SaleOfStockPricePerShare $ 5.86us-gaap_SaleOfStockPricePerShare    
Conversion price   $ 5.86arwr_ConversionPricePerShare    
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net $ 112,600,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock $ 60,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock    
Series C Preferred Stock        
Class Of Stock [Line Items]        
Common stock equivalent of preferred stock     2,670,990arwr_CommonStockEquivalentOfPreferredStockSharesUponConversion
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Preferred stock, shares outstanding     15,652us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding
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Stock issuances, Shares   46,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
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Sale of stock, price per share   $ 1,000us-gaap_SaleOfStockPricePerShare
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Aggregate price on issuance or Sale of equity   $ 64,000,000arwr_AggregatePriceOnIssuanceOrSaleOfEquity
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2004 Equity Incentive Plan, 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, and Inducement Grants        
Class Of Stock [Line Items]        
Common Stock, Share reserve for issuance     8,192,654us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
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