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

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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 revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123351226&loc=SL49130549-203045

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- Definition

Amount of deferred income and obligation to transfer product and 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 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(5))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Significant agreements - Oxurion Collaboration Agreement (Details) - Oxurion € in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 EUR (€)
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Threshold period of notice required for termination of agreement	90 days	90 days
Revenue recognized \| $	$ 0		$ 2,400,000
Deferred revenue \| $	$ 0		$ 0
Development milestone
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Potential milestone payments				€ 8.3
Revenue under contracts with customer from milestone payment		€ 3.8
Regulatory milestone
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Potential milestone payments				16.5
Granting first regulatory approval or first indication
Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]
Potential milestone payments				€ 5.0