Impairment and Credit Losses - Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-life intangible assets, gross carrying value	$ 156,629	$ 156,629
Accumulated Amortization	30,798	20,329
Accumulated Impairment losses	0
Finite-life intangible assets, net carrying value	125,831	136,300
Indefinite-life intangible assets, gross carrying value	352,275	352,275
Accumulated Impairment losses	30,800
Indefinite-life intangible assets, net carrying value	321,475	352,275
Gross Carrying Value	508,904	508,904
Accumulated Impairment losses	30,800
Net Carrying Value	447,306	488,575
Customer relationships
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-life intangible assets, gross carrying value	97,400	97,400
Accumulated Amortization	12,446	7,576
Accumulated Impairment losses	0
Finite-life intangible assets, net carrying value	84,954	89,824
Galapagos operating license
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-life intangible assets, gross carrying value	47,669	47,669
Accumulated Amortization	7,274	6,010
Accumulated Impairment losses	0
Finite-life intangible assets, net carrying value	40,395	41,659
Other finite-life intangible assets
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-life intangible assets, gross carrying value	11,560	11,560
Accumulated Amortization	11,078	6,743
Accumulated Impairment losses	0
Finite-life intangible assets, net carrying value	$ 482	$ 4,817

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Accumulated Impairment Of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-Lived (Excluding Goodwill)

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