| **Accounts Receivable (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands**       | Sep. 30, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 |
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| **Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]** |          |          |
| Accounts receivable, net                                         | $ 1,519       | $ 109         |
| Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable                       | (10)          | (10)          |
| Collaborators [Member]                                           |          |          |
| **Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]** |          |          |
| Accounts receivable, net                                         | 323           | 14            |
| Royalties [Member]                                               |          |          |
| **Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]** |          |          |
| Accounts receivable, net                                         | 1,204         | 40            |
| Other Receivables [Member]                                       |          |          |
| **Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]** |          |          |
| Accounts receivable, net                                         | 2             | 65            |
| Subtotal [Member]                                                |          |          |
| **Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]** |          |          |
| Accounts receivable, net                                         | $ 1,529       | $ 119         |

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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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Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.
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| - Definition
For an unclassified balance sheet, a valuation allowance for receivables due a company that are expected to be uncollectible.
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