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Collaborative Arrangement, Rights And Obligations, Additional Potential Commercial Milestone Payments

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Collaborative Arrangement, Rights And Obligations, Maximum Aggregate Milestone Payments

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Collaborative Arrangement, Rights And Obligations, Potential Commercial Milestone Payments

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Collaborative Arrangement, Rights And Obligations, Potential Regulatory Milestone Payments

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Collaborative Arrangement, Rights And Obligations, Upfront Payment

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Collaborative Arrangement, Rights And Obligations, Upfront Payment, Paid In Shares

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Collaborative Arrangement, Rights And Obligations, Upfront Payment, Shares Of Common Stock Issued In Lieu Of Cash

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Payments For Collaborative Arrangement

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Akeso License and Collaboration Agreement (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 06, 2023	Jan. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2026	Dec. 31, 2025	Jun. 03, 2024	May 13, 2024
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Common stock par value (in dollars per share)		$ 0.01		$ 0.01	$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Collaborative arrangement, transaction with party to collaborative arrangement
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Collaborative arrangement, upfront payment		$ 500,000
Payments to Akeso for upfront milestone payments			$ 15,000
Additional potential commercial milestone payments						$ 55,000
Collaborative arrangement, maximum milestone payments						4,555,000
Collaborative arrangement, potential regulatory milestone payments						1,050,000
Collaborative arrangement, potential commercial milestone payments						$ 3,505,000
Collaborative arrangement, transaction with party to collaborative arrangement, upfront payment one
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Cash payment for collaborative arrangement, upfront payment		$ 274,900
Collaborative arrangement, common stock issued in lieu of cash upfront payment (in shares)		10,000,000
Collaborative arrangement, upfront payment, value paid in shares		$ 25,100
Collaborative arrangement, transaction with party to collaborative arrangement, upfront payment two
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Cash payment for collaborative arrangement, upfront payment	$ 200,000