Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information (Details) - Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Revenue-based royalty
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Contingent consideration liabilities	$ 9,966	$ 10,661
Supply chain milestone
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Contingent consideration liabilities	14,100	13,593
Revenue milestones
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Contingent consideration liabilities	58,391	57,982
Contingent receivable
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Contingent consideration asset	$ 627	$ 607
Discount rate \| Revenue-based royalty \| Minimum \| Discounted Cash Flow
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Unobservable inputs, contingent liability	0.140	0.099
Discount rate \| Revenue-based royalty \| Maximum \| Discounted Cash Flow
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Unobservable inputs, contingent liability	0.25	0.25
Discount rate \| Supply chain milestone \| Discounted Cash Flow
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Unobservable inputs, contingent liability	0.039	0.053
Discount rate \| Revenue milestones \| Minimum \| Discounted Cash Flow
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Unobservable inputs, contingent liability	0.031	0.033
Discount rate \| Revenue milestones \| Maximum \| Discounted Cash Flow
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Unobservable inputs, contingent liability	0.15	0.13
Discount rate \| Contingent receivable \| Discounted Cash Flow
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Unobservable inputs, contingent receivable asset	0.10	0.10
Probability of milestone payment \| Supply chain milestone \| Discounted Cash Flow
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Unobservable inputs, contingent liability	0.95	0.95
Probability of milestone payment \| Contingent receivable \| Discounted Cash Flow
Fair Value Inputs, Liabilities, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Unobservable inputs, contingent receivable asset	0.68	0.67

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Amount of asset recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Value of input used to measure contingent consideration liability from business combination.

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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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