Collaboration Agreement, Threshold Of Proceeds From Stock Issuance For Additional Consideration

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Collaborative Arrangement, Numerator For Determining Additional Consideration

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Research And Development Arrangement, Payments, Milestones, Or Royalties

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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Percentage of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) voting interest owned by (or beneficial interest in) the reporting entity (directly or indirectly).

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License Agreements - Hawkeye (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
License Agreements - Hawkeye (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Feb. 04, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in USD per share)		$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Hawkeye
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of shares held in VIE (in shares)	995,000
Ownership percentage of VIE	19.90%
Collaboration agreement, threshold of proceeds from stock issuance for additional consideration	$ 5,000,000.0
Collaborative arrangement, numerator for determining additional consideration	$ 2,000,000
Payments, milestones or royalties		$ 0
Hawkeye
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Common stock, par value (in USD per share)	$ 0.0001