SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cost method investment		$ 3.0
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Amount payable upon achievement of specified milestone (up to)	$ 1.5
Upfront payment	$ 0.3
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Quarterly Dividend [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividend declared date	2017-01
Quarterly dividend amount (in dollars per share)	$ 0.14
Dividend payment date	Mar. 15, 2017
Record date	Mar. 01, 2017

Milestone and other payments obligated upon achievement of specified milestone outlined in agreement.

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- Definition

Refers to the upfront payment made as per agreement.

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- Definition

Original amount of cost-method investments at the acquisition date.

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- Definition

Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4304-108586

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- Definition

The per share amount of a dividend declared, but not paid, as of the financial reporting date.

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- Definition

The month and year (YYYY-MM) that the dividend to be paid was declared.

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- Definition

Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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- Definition

Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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