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Lease operating sublease commencement date.

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Number of renewal options.

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Operating lease change in weighted average discount rate percent.

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Operating lease commencement date.

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Short term lease period.

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Area of land held.

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Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

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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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Description of lessee's operating lease.

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Indicates (true false) whether lessee has option to terminate operating lease.

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease.

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Description of terms and conditions of option to terminate lessee's operating lease. Includes, but is not limited to, information about option recognized as part of right-of-use asset and lease liability.

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Amount of lease payments to be received by lessor for operating lease.

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Leases - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands					3 Months Ended
Leases - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	Feb. 01, 2023 USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2022 USD ($) RenewalOption	Aug. 15, 2019 USD ($) RenewalOption	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 20, 2023 ft²	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Incremental borrowing rate for purposes of calculation of lease liabilities					11.50%
Change in incremental borrowing rate					1.00%
Rent payment					$ 16,595
Operating lease liability					11,700			$ 11,600
Operating lease right-of-use asset					9,190			$ 9,074
Operating lease expense					900	$ 600
Receive rent payment					$ 7,544
Bridgewater
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Lease commencement date				Aug. 15, 2019
Lease agreement term	7 years 6 months			11 years
Number of renewal options \| RenewalOption				2
Lease renewal term				5 years
Description of lease agreement					Company will have a one-time option to terminate the agreement effective on the first day of the 97th month after the New Jersey Commencement Date upon advance written notice and a termination payment specified in the Lease.
Lease termination description					one-time option to terminate the agreement effective on the first day of the 97th month after the New Jersey Commencement Date
Lease termination existence of option to extend				true
Rent payment				$ 100
Lease agreement area \| ft²							67,747
Area under sub-lease agreement \| ft²							50,000
Sublease commencement date	Feb. 01, 2023
Receive rent payment	$ 100
Zug Switzerland
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Lease commencement date			Feb. 01, 2022
Lease agreement term			5 years
Number of renewal options \| RenewalOption			1
Lease renewal term			5 years
Rent payment			$ 200
Dublin
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Lease commencement date		Oct. 01, 2022
Lease agreement term		2 years
Rent payment		$ 400
Maximum
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Short term lease period					12 months
Maximum \| Vehicles
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items]
Lease agreement term					36 months