Fair value revenue milestones gain related to downward adjustment.

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Amount of transfers of assets measured on a recurring basis out of Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy into Level 2.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Amount of transfers of liabilities measured on a recurring basis out of Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy into Level 1.

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Amount of transfer of financial instrument classified as an asset into (out of) level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Transfers in or out Level 3, Assets		$ 0	$ 0
Transfers in or out Level 3, Liabilities		0	0
Transfers out of Level 1 to Level 2, Assets	$ 0	0	0
Transfers into Level 1 out of Level 2, Assets	0	0	0
Transfers out of Level 1 to Level 2, Liabilities	0	0	0
Transfers into Level 1 out of Level 2, Liabilities	0	0	$ 0
Creagh Medical and NorMedix [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value of revenue and strategic milestones, gains related to downward adjustments	$ 1,200,000	$ 2,400,000
Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Percentage of Probability Achievement of Contingent Consideration payment.		25.00%
Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Percentage of Probability Achievement of Contingent Consideration payment.		95.00%
Contingent Consideration [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Non Revenue Based Milestones [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate		2.70%
Contingent Consideration [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Revenue Based Milestones [Member] \| Creagh Medical and NorMedix [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate		14.00%
Contingent Consideration [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Non Revenue Based Milestones [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate		3.00%
Contingent Consideration [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Revenue Based Milestones [Member] \| Creagh Medical and NorMedix [Member]
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate		23.50%