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Convertible Senior Notes Due 2017 - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 21, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Convertible Notes, maturity date   Apr. 01, 2017    
Convertible Notes, payment terms   The Convertible Notes bear interest at a rate of 2.625% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on October 1, 2012.    
Convertible Notes, aggregate principal amount   $ 258,800,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount    
Debt instrument, interest rate   2.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage    
Maximum percentage of conversion price upon redemption of Convertible Notes   130.00%mdvn_MaximumPercentageOfConversionPriceUponRedemptionOfConvertibleNotes    
Percentage of redemption price to principal amount of note   100.00%mdvn_PercentageOfRedemptionPriceToPrincipalAmountOfNote    
Convertible Notes, conversion term description   (1) during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on June 30, 2012, if the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock, for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) in the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the calendar quarter immediately preceding the calendar quarter in which the conversion occurs, is more than 130% of the conversion price of the Convertible Notes in effect on each applicable trading day; (2) during the five consecutive trading-day period following any five consecutive trading-day period in which the trading price for the Convertible Notes for each such trading day was less than 98% of the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock on such date multiplied by the then-current conversion rate; (3) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events; or (4) if the Company calls any Convertible Notes for redemption, at any time until the close of business on the second business day preceding the redemption date. On or after January 1, 2017 until the close of business on the second business day immediately preceding the stated maturity date, holders may surrender their Convertible Notes for conversion at any time, regardless of the foregoing circumstances.    
Number of trading days   20us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleThresholdTradingDays    
Consecutive trading days   30 days    
Conversion rate of common stock, shares per principal amount 19.5172us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionRatio1 19.5172us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionRatio1    
Debt instrument convertible increment of principal amount of conversion 1,000mdvn_DebtInstrumentConvertibleIncrementOfPrincipalAmountOfConversion 1,000mdvn_DebtInstrumentConvertibleIncrementOfPrincipalAmountOfConversion    
Conversion price, per share of common stock $ 51.24us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionPrice1 $ 51.24us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionPrice1    
Issuance costs   8,400,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts    
Convertible Notes, issuance costs allocated to debt component   6,100,000mdvn_PaymentOfDebtIssuanceCostsAllocatedToDebtComponent    
Additional Paid-In Capital [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Convertible Notes, issuance costs allocated to equity component   2,300,000mdvn_PaymentOfDebtIssuanceCostsAllocatedToEquityComponent
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Equity component [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Convertible Notes, equity component   71,700,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleCarryingAmountOfTheEquityComponent
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Debt component [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Debt instrument convertible debt equity component   $ 187,100,000mdvn_DebtInstrumentConvertibleDebtLiabilityComponentInitialCarryingValue
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2.625% convertible senior notes due 2017 [Member]        
Debt Instrument [Line Items]        
Debt instrument, effective percentage rate   10.71%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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