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Long-Term Purchase Commitment, Termination Amount Payable, After Upfront Payment

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Long-Term Purchase Commitment, Termination Amount Payable, After Upfront Payment, Number Of Quarterly Payments

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Long-Term Purchase Commitment, Termination Amount Payable, After Upfront Payment, Per Quarter

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Long-Term Purchase Commitment, Upfront Payment Termination Amount

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Number Of Commercial Products

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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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The number of positions eliminated during the period as a percentage of total positions eliminated during the period in connection with the restructuring plan(s).

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Nature of Organization and Operations (Details) $ in Thousands			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 22, 2022 USD ($) quarter_period	Nov. 07, 2022	Nov. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) commercial_product	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
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Number of commercial products \| commercial_product				1
Cash and cash equivalents				$ 90,466	$ 149,800	$ 228,698
Restructuring Plan, November 2022
Long-Term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Positions eliminated, percent		14.00%	14.00%
BioVectra Inc
Long-Term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Long-term purchase commitment, termination amount payable	$ 32,500
Long-term purchase commitment, upfront payment termination amount	$ 17,500			$ 17,500
Long-term purchase commitment, termination amount payable after upfront payment, number of quarterly periods \| quarter_period	6
Long-term purchase commitment, termination amount payable after upfront payment, per quarter	$ 2,500
Long-term purchase commitment, termination amount payable after upfront payment	$ 15,000