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Number of customers.

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Significant accounting policies.

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 06, 2022 USD ($) Sales	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) Customer	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) Segment Customer	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 22, 2021 Sales
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Trade receivables, credit period			30 days
Maturities period			24 months
Unrealized gain (loss) on held-to-maturity securities		$ 900	$ 900	$ 100
Number of operating segments \| Segment			1
Number of sales representatives \| Sales	75					300
Cash expenditures		22,915	$ 22,915		$ 1,186
Restructuring and transformation initiative expense		10,213	10,213
Charge of recognized within Cost of goods sold restructuring inventory		$ 15,000	$ 15,000
Comprehensive Cost Reduction Plan [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Restructuring and transformation initiative expense	$ 10,200
Charge of recognized within Cost of goods sold restructuring inventory	$ 15,000
One-time Termination Benefits \| Go-to-Market Strategy
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Cash expenditures					$ 13,700
Short Term Investments
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Maturities period			12 months
Long Term Investments
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Maturities period			12 months
Money Market Instruments
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Maturities period			90 days
Gross Product Sales \| Customer Concentration Risk
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of customers \| Customer		3	3
Customer A \| Gross Product Sales \| Customer Concentration Risk
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			25.00%	27.00%
Customer A \| Accounts Receivable \| Customer Concentration Risk
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			41.00%	40.00%
Customer B \| Gross Product Sales \| Customer Concentration Risk
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			38.00%	36.00%
Customer B \| Accounts Receivable \| Customer Concentration Risk
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			33.00%	34.00%
Customer C \| Gross Product Sales \| Customer Concentration Risk
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			31.00%	30.00%
Customer C \| Accounts Receivable \| Customer Concentration Risk
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage			21.00%	21.00%
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Open tax year			2018
Earliest Tax Year \| New Jersey Department of Treasury
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Open tax year			2012
Latest Tax Year \| New Jersey Department of Treasury
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Open tax year			2015