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Tiered Royalty Fees Percentage, Minimum

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Total Potential Collaboration Payments

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Amount before amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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The amount of the write-off for research and development assets that were acquired in a transaction other than a business combination.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Oct. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Acquired in-process research and development			$ 0	$ 0	$ 69,148	$ 0
Milestone payments			$ 7,064,245		$ 7,064,245		$ 8,210,692
Zymeworks \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Tiered royalty fees percentage, minimum	10.00%
Tiered royalty fees percentage, maximum	20.00%
Upfront Payments \| Zymeworks \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Acquired in-process research and development	$ 50,000	$ 50,000
One-Time Payments \| Zymeworks \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Upfront payment pending continued collaboration	325,000
Milestone Payment \| Zymeworks \| Forecast
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Milestone payments	1,400,000
Total potential collaboration payments	$ 1,760,000