Represents the threshold period of notice required for termination of agreement.

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- Definition

The amount of upfront cash payment received from collaborative arrangement.

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- Definition

Amount to be paid upon exercise of an option by the customer.

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- Definition

Amount of milestone payment under revenue from contract with customer.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118944033&loc=SL49130531-203044

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
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- Definition

Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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Significant agreements - Oxurion Collaboration Agreement (Details) $ in Thousands, € in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Significant agreements
Revenue from collaborative arrangement	$ 614	$ 1,610		$ 8,520	$ 6,079
Deferred revenue						$ 9,863	$ 14,635	$ 14,467
Oxurion
Significant agreements
Threshold period of notice required for termination of agreement			90 days	90 days
Revenue from collaborative arrangement	$ 0	175		$ 0	1,743
Deferred revenue						$ 0	$ 0
Oxurion \| Development milestone
Significant agreements
Upfront cash payment \| €			€ 1.0
Potential milestone payments \| €			8.3
Revenue under contracts with customer from milestone payment \| €			1.8
Revenue from collaborative arrangement		$ 1,200			$ 1,200
Oxurion \| Regulatory milestone
Significant agreements
Potential milestone payments \| €			€ 16.5