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Selected Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited) (Details 2) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Synos Acquisition          
Asset impairment $ 58,170,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges $ 1,220,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges $ 1,335,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges    
ALD          
Synos Acquisition          
Asset impairment       53,900,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
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Change in contingent consideration $ 29,400,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationLiability1
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$ (800,000)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationLiability1
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    $ 29,400,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationLiability1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
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