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Collaboration Agreements - Schedule of Potential Milestone Payments in Sales (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]      
Milestone Payment $ 50,000,000mdvn_SalesMilestonePaymentsUnderCollaborationAgreement $ 25,000,000mdvn_SalesMilestonePaymentsUnderCollaborationAgreement  
Milestone Payment Three [Member]      
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]      
Remaining future milestone payments eligible to receive     70,000,000mdvn_RemainingFutureMilestonePaymentsEligibleToReceiveUnderCollaborationArrangements
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= mdvn_MilestonePaymentThreeMember
Milestone Payment Four [Member]      
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]      
Remaining future milestone payments eligible to receive     175,000,000mdvn_RemainingFutureMilestonePaymentsEligibleToReceiveUnderCollaborationArrangements
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= mdvn_MilestonePaymentFourMember
Milestone Sales One [Member]      
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]      
Annual global net sales of XTANDI (calendar year), as reported by Astellas     400,000,000mdvn_AnnualGlobalNetSalesOfXtandiSalesMilestoneTriggeringEvent
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= mdvn_MilestoneSalesOneMember
Milestone Sales Two [Member]      
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]      
Annual global net sales of XTANDI (calendar year), as reported by Astellas     800,000,000mdvn_AnnualGlobalNetSalesOfXtandiSalesMilestoneTriggeringEvent
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= mdvn_MilestoneSalesTwoMember
Milestone Sales Three [Member]      
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]      
Annual global net sales of XTANDI (calendar year), as reported by Astellas     1,200,000,000mdvn_AnnualGlobalNetSalesOfXtandiSalesMilestoneTriggeringEvent
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= mdvn_MilestoneSalesThreeMember
Milestone Sales Four [Member]      
Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions [Line Items]      
Annual global net sales of XTANDI (calendar year), as reported by Astellas     $ 1,600,000,000mdvn_AnnualGlobalNetSalesOfXtandiSalesMilestoneTriggeringEvent
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= mdvn_MilestoneSalesFourMember