Rendering

Component: (Network and Table)
Network
149 - Disclosure - Summary of Property and Equipment (Detail)
(http://www.achillion.com/taxonomy/role/DisclosureSummaryOfPropertyAndEquipment)
TableProperty, Plant and Equipment [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0001070336 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Legal Entity [Axis]Entity [Domain]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2016-12-31
2015-12-31
Property, Plant and Equipment, Type [Axis]Property, Plant and Equipment, Type [Axis]
Laboratory EquipmentOffice EquipmentLeasehold ImprovementsConstruction in ProgressProperty, Plant and Equipment, Type [Domain]Laboratory EquipmentOffice EquipmentLeasehold ImprovementsConstruction in ProgressProperty, Plant and Equipment, Type [Domain]
Property plant and equipment gross
4,252,000  
1,729,000  
4,598,000  
33,000  
10,612,000  
3,642,000  
1,302,000  
3,083,000  
6,000  
8,033,000  
Less-accumulated depreciation and amortization
    
(7,133,000) 
    
(6,298,000) 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3,479,000  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,735,000