Number of individual customers accounting for more than ten percent of accounts receivable.

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Number of individual customers accounting for more than ten percent of net product sales.

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Potential milestone payment that may or may not be achieved and received in the future.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Amount of deferred revenue recognized for transactions arising during the current reporting period. Deferred revenue is a liability as of the balance sheet date related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not yet been recognized. Generally, an Entity records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a customer before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in conformity with GAAP.

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Total carrying amount of consideration received or receivable as of the balance sheet date on potential earnings that were not recognized as revenue or other forms of income in conformity with GAAP, and which are expected to be recognized as such within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013 Customer	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014 Letter of Credit	Jun. 30, 2014 Outside the United States	Jun. 30, 2013 Net product revenue Customer	Jun. 30, 2013 Net product revenue Customer	Jun. 30, 2014 Net product revenue Biologics, Inc.	Jun. 30, 2014 Net product revenue Biologics, Inc.	Jun. 30, 2013 Net product revenue Customer One Product Sales	Jun. 30, 2013 Net product revenue Customer One Product Sales	Jun. 30, 2013 Net product revenue Customer Two Product Sales	Jun. 30, 2013 Net product revenue Customer Two Product Sales	Jun. 30, 2013 Net product revenue Customer Three Product Sales	Jun. 30, 2013 Net product revenue Customer Three Product Sales	Jun. 30, 2013 Net product revenue Customer Four Product Sales	Jun. 30, 2014 Net product revenue Outside the United States	Jun. 30, 2014 Net product revenue Outside the United States	Jun. 30, 2014 Net product revenue Outside the United States Germany	Jun. 30, 2014 Net product revenue Outside the United States Germany	Jun. 30, 2014 Accounts receivable Biologics, Inc.	Jun. 30, 2013 Accounts receivable Customer One Product Sales	Jun. 30, 2013 Accounts receivable Customer Two Product Sales	Jun. 30, 2013 Accounts receivable Customer Three Product Sales	Jun. 30, 2013 Accounts receivable Customer Four Product Sales	Jun. 30, 2013 Accounts receivable Customer Five Product Sales
Schedule Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Restricted cash	$ 11.4			$ 11.4	$ 9.2
Aggregate gross selling price of shipments	2.3	1.8		16.8
Payment received on shipment	15.2			15.2
Customers concentration risk, percentage									67.00%	63.00%	26.00%	24.00%	15.00%	17.00%	15.00%	14.00%	10.00%	33.00%	37.00%	22.00%	26.00%	66.00%	29.00%	17.00%	14.00%	14.00%	12.00%
Number of customers accounted for net product sales							3	4
Number Of customers accounted for accounts receivable			5
Long lived assets						1.3
Milestone payments for clinical trials		$ 3.8