Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stock-based Compensation (Details 3)

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Stock-based Compensation (Details 3) (Employee Stock, USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
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Mar. 31, 2014
Employee Stock
   
Weighted-average assumptions relating to options granted    
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent) 0.60%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
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0.30%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockMember
Expected term (in years) 1 year 6 months 1 year 8 months 12 days
Dividend yield (as a percent) 0.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
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0.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockMember
Expected volatility (as a percent) 61.20%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockMember
66.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockMember
Additional disclosures    
Shares reserved for future issuance 3,578,153us-gaap_CommonStockCapitalSharesReservedForFutureIssuance
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockMember
 
Award offering period 24 months  
Number of purchase periods per award offering period 4rigl_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfPurchasePeriodsPerAwardOfferingPeriod
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockMember
 
Award purchase period 6 months  
Purchase price expressed as a percentage of fair market value of common stock on the purchase date 85.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardPurchasePriceOfCommonStockPercent
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockMember
 
Purchase price expressed as a percentage of fair market value of common stock on the first day of the offering period 85.00%rigl_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPurchasePriceOfCommonStockPercentageOnFirstDayOfOfferingPeriod
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockMember
 
Total incremental fair value for the Purchase Plan reset $ 792,000rigl_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardAwardIncrementalFairValue
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= us-gaap_EmployeeStockMember