Adaptimmune Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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Revenue - Revenue from contracts with customers (Details)

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Revenue - Revenue from contracts with customers (Details)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) customer	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) customer	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) item customer	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Disaggregation of revenue
Total Revenue			$ 40,792,000	$ 27,185,000	$ 58,026,000	$ 33,563,000
Change in contract with customer, liability
Deferred revenue	$ 30,090,000	$ 1,345,000	1,345,000		1,345,000
Revenue recognized in the period					1,787,000
Changes in variable consideration			0		(10,396,000)
Changes in percentage of completion			45,000		5,027,000
Contract assets, liability and receivables
Remaining performance obligation		1,345,000	1,345,000		1,345,000
NY-ESO program
Contract assets, liability and receivables
Remaining performance obligation		88,000	88,000		88,000
PRAME program
Contract assets, liability and receivables
Remaining performance obligation		1,257,000	1,257,000		1,257,000
Under previous revenue guidance \| ASU 2014-09
Disaggregation of revenue
Total Revenue			56,999,000		69,262,000
Development revenue
Disaggregation of revenue
Total Revenue			1,678,000	$ 27,185,000	18,912,000	$ 33,563,000
License revenue
Disaggregation of revenue
Total Revenue			$ 39,114,000		$ 39,114,000
License revenue \| NY-ESO program
Change in contract with customer, liability
Revenue recognized in the period		$ 39,114,000
Revenue recognized included in contract liability at beginning of the period	$ 27,001,000
GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Ltd
Contract assets, liability and receivables
Number of customers \| customer		1	1		1
Number of geographic locations \| item					1

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