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Represents the amount of milestone payment to be paid by the company upon the achievement of specified commercial milestones and annual royalty payments based on net sales of products from patents.

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Milestone Payment To Be Paid By Company Upon Specified Development Milestone Achievement

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Minimum Annual Royalty Payment To Be Paid By Company Upon Sale Of Product

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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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Amount of expense for research and development. Includes, but is not limited to, cost for computer software product to be sold, leased, or otherwise marketed and writeoff of research and development assets acquired in transaction other than business combination or joint venture formation or both. Excludes write-down of intangible asset acquired in business combination or from joint venture formation or both, used in research and development activity.

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License, Acquisitions and Other Agreements - Yale University Agreement (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2021	May 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2026	Jun. 30, 2025	Jun. 30, 2026	Jun. 30, 2025
License and other agreements
Milestone payment to be paid upon regulatory achievement			$ 711,600,000		$ 711,600,000
Research and development			100,814,000	$ 184,367,000	204,641,000	$ 371,951,000
Development milestone payment to be paid			139,313,000		139,313,000
Commercial milestone payment to be paid			3,187,488,000		3,187,488,000
Yale University \| Yale Arrangement
License and other agreements
Milestone payment to be paid upon regulatory achievement			2,000,000		2,000,000
Minimum annual royalty payment to be paid upon sale of product		$ 1,000,000
Research and development			0	0	0	0
Yale University \| Yale MoDE Agreement
License and other agreements
Minimum annual royalty payment to be paid upon sale of product	$ 1,000,000
Research and development			250,000	$ 0		$ 0
Development milestone payment to be paid			1,063,000		1,063,000
Commercial milestone payment to be paid			$ 4,988,000		$ 4,988,000
Initial term of agreement (in years)	20 years