Debt Instrument, Tender Offer To Repurchase Debt

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Threshold For Net Sales After Closing

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Consideration, Percentage Of Net Sales After Closing

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Face (par) amount of the original debt instrument that was repurchased.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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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 cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118932676&loc=d3e3179-108585

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ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Organization (Details) - USD ($)	Feb. 13, 2020	Jan. 10, 2020	Apr. 08, 2020	Mar. 11, 2020	Feb. 19, 2020
Convertible Senior Notes 2.5% And Convertible Senior Notes 5.0% \| Convertible debt
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Repurchased aggregate principal amount					$ 188,000,000.0
Tender offer to repurchase debt				$ 77,000,000.0
Convertible Senior Notes 2.5% And Convertible Senior Notes 5.0% \| Convertible debt \| Subsequent Event
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Repurchased aggregate principal amount			$ 76,700,000
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Gralise
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sale of disposal group, total value		$ 127,500,000
Sale of disposal group, cash received		$ 75,000,000.0
Consideration receivable as percentage of net sales after closing		75.00%
Threshold for consideration receivable on net sales after closing		$ 70,000,000.0
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| NUCYNTA
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sale of disposal group, cash received	$ 375,000,000.0