Area of a real estate property.

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Amount of contractual obligation, including but not limited to, long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations, and other commitments.

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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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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Expenditures for planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, and services. Costs of public relations and corporate promotions are typically considered to be marketing costs.

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Term of the unrecognized unconditional purchase obligation, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Abatement Period Of Monthly Installments Of Rent

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Operating Leases Base Monthly Rent Per Square Foot

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Operating Leases Number Of Options To Extend Lease

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Commitments Narratives (Details)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Commitments Narratives (Details)	Aug. 31, 2016 ft² USD ($) $ / item	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2019
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Renewal Term			2 years
Fda Approval Qsymia Pmr And Cvot Member
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Term		5 years
Marketing Expense		$ 0
Fda Approval Qsymia Pmr And Cvot Member \| Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Contractual Obligation		180,000,000
Fda Approval Qsymia Pmr And Cvot Member \| Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Contractual Obligation		$ 220,000,000
Campbell Lease Member
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Area of Real Estate Property \| ft²	13,981
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract	58 months
Operating Leases Base Monthly Rent Per Square Foot \| $ / item	3.10
Abatement Period Of Monthly Installments Of Rent	4 months
Lessee, Operating Lease, Renewal Term	2 years
Operating Leases Number Of Options To Extend Lease	1