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Fair Value Measurements - Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value [Member] | Money market funds [Member]    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Cash equivalents $ 189,031us-gaap_MoneyMarketFundsAtCarryingValue
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$ 189,092us-gaap_MoneyMarketFundsAtCarryingValue
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Current Liabilities [Member] | Fair Value [Member] | Contingent consideration [Member]    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Contingent consideration 10,000us-gaap_FairValueLiabilitiesMeasuredOnRecurringBasisObligations
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Long Term Liabilities [Member] | Fair Value [Member] | Contingent consideration [Member]    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Contingent consideration 96,000us-gaap_FairValueLiabilitiesMeasuredOnRecurringBasisObligations
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Level 1 [Member] | Money market funds [Member]    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Cash equivalents 189,031us-gaap_MoneyMarketFundsAtCarryingValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
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/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
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189,092us-gaap_MoneyMarketFundsAtCarryingValue
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= us-gaap_MoneyMarketFundsMember
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
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Level 3 [Member] | Current Liabilities [Member] | Contingent consideration [Member]    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Contingent consideration 10,000us-gaap_FairValueLiabilitiesMeasuredOnRecurringBasisObligations
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= mdvn_CurrentLiabilitiesMember
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= mdvn_ContingentConsiderationMember
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel3Member
 
Level 3 [Member] | Long Term Liabilities [Member] | Contingent consideration [Member]    
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]    
Contingent consideration $ 96,000us-gaap_FairValueLiabilitiesMeasuredOnRecurringBasisObligations
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