Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) shares in Millions |
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| Number of Operating segment | Segment | 1 | ||
| Milestones arrangement, categories description | Pieris aggregates milestones into three categories (i) research milestones, (ii) development milestones and (iii) commercial milestones. | ||
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| Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share amount | shares | 1.2 | 0.9 | |
| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | |||
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| Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value | $ 78,459 | $ 78,459 | $ 4,800,573 |
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- Definition Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items] No definition available.
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- Definition Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. No definition available.
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- Definition A description of each milestone and related contingent consideration as well as a description of whether or not each milestone(s) is considered substantive. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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