Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) | Sep. 17, 2020shares | May 14, 2020tradingDay$ / shares | Sep. 30, 2020USD ($)$ / sharesshares | May 31, 2020USD ($)$ / sharesshares | Apr. 30, 2020USD ($)$ / sharesshares | Sep. 30, 2020USD ($)$ / sharesshares | Jun. 30, 2020shares | [1] | Sep. 30, 2020USD ($)$ / sharesshares | Sep. 30, 2019USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2020$ / sharesshares | May 31, 2019$ / sharesshares |
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Preferred stock, issued (in shares) | | | 0 | | | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | |
Preferred stock, outstanding (in shares) | | | 0 | | | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | |
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | | | $ 0.0001 | | | $ 0.0001 | | $ 0.0001 | | $ 0.0001 | |
Preferred stock, authorized (in shares) | | | 10,000,000 | | | 10,000,000 | | 10,000,000 | | 10,000,000 | |
Common share, authorized (in shares) | | | 500,000,000 | | | 500,000,000 | | 500,000,000 | | 500,000,000 | |
Common share, issued (in shares) | | | 97,890,705 | | | 97,890,705 | | 97,890,705 | | 56,455,376 | |
Common share, outstanding (in shares) | | | 97,890,705 | | | 97,890,705 | | 97,890,705 | | 54,655,376 | |
Vesting of sponsor restricted shares (in shares) | 1,800,000 | | | | | | | | | | |
Number of warrants outstanding | | | 0 | 11,438,290 | | 0 | | 0 | | | |
Number of securities called by warrants (in shares) | | | 0 | | | 0 | | 0 | | 5,750,000 | |
Exercise price of warrant (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | | | | $ 11.50 | | | | | | | |
Number of shares exercised | | | | 5,719,145 | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from warrant exercises | $ | | | | $ 65,800,000 | | | | | | | |
Warrants canceled (in shares) | | | | 61,710 | | | | | | | |
Series A preferred stock | | | | | | | | | | | |
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Preferred stock, issued (in shares) | | | 10,000 | | | 10,000 | | 10,000 | | 10,000 | |
Preferred stock, outstanding (in shares) | | | 10,000 | | | 10,000 | | 10,000 | | 10,000 | |
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | | | $ 0.0001 | | | $ 0.0001 | | $ 0.0001 | | $ 0.0001 | |
Percentage of voting power of outstanding shares | | | 25.00% | | | 25.00% | | 25.00% | | | |
Liquidation amount per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | | | $ 0.01 | | | $ 0.01 | | $ 0.01 | | | |
Preferred stock, authorized (in shares) | | | 10,000 | | | 10,000 | | 10,000 | | 10,000 | |
Two Series A Preferred Stock | Minimum | | | | | | | | | | | |
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Percentage of voting power of outstanding shares | | | 25.00% | | | 25.00% | | 25.00% | | | |
Roivant Sciences Ltd. (RSL) | Series A preferred stock | | | | | | | | | | | |
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Preferred stock, issued (in shares) | | | 10,000 | | | 10,000 | | 10,000 | | | |
Preferred stock, outstanding (in shares) | | | 10,000 | | | 10,000 | | 10,000 | | | |
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | | | $ 0.0001 | | | $ 0.0001 | | $ 0.0001 | | | |
Underwritten Public Offering | | | | | | | | | | | |
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number of shares issued in transaction | | | 6,060,606 | | 9,613,365 | | | | | | |
Common stock, sale price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | | | $ 33 | | $ 14.50 | $ 33 | | $ 33 | | | |
Proceeds from issuance of common stock | $ | | | $ 188,100,000 | | $ 131,000,000 | | | $ 319,783,000 | $ 0 | | |
Underwritten Public Offering | Roivant Sciences Ltd. (RSL) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number of shares issued in transaction | | | 380,000 | | 1,034,483 | | | | | | |
Over-Allotment Option | | | | | | | | | | | |
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number of shares issued in transaction | | | 790,513 | | 1,253,917 | | | | | | |
IPO | | | | | | | | | | | |
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common stock, sale price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | | $ 16.50 | | | | | | | | | |
Number of warrants outstanding | | | | | | | | | | | 11,500,000 |
Exercise price of warrant (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | | | | | | | | | | | $ 11.50 |
Redemption price per warrant (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | | | | $ 0.01 | | | | | | | |
Required number of trading days | tradingDay | | 20 | | | | | | | | | |
Consecutive number of trading days | tradingDay | | 30 | | | | | | | | | |
Series A preferred stock | | | | | | | | | | | |
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Preferred stock, authorized (in shares) | | | 10,010,000 | | | 10,010,000 | | 10,010,000 | | | |
Common stock | | | | | | | | | | | |
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common share, authorized (in shares) | | | 500,000,000 | | | 500,000,000 | | 500,000,000 | | | |
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | | | $ 0.0001 | | | $ 0.0001 | | $ 0.0001 | | | |
Common share, issued (in shares) | | | 56,455,376 | | | 56,455,376 | | 56,455,376 | | | |
Common share, outstanding (in shares) | | | 54,655,376 | | | 54,655,376 | | 54,655,376 | | | |
Vesting of sponsor restricted shares (in shares) | | | | | | 900,000 | 900,000 | | | | |
Common stock | Roivant Sciences Ltd. (RSL) | | | | | | | | | | | |
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Earnout shares for issuance (in shares) | $ | | | $ 17,547,938 | | | $ 17,547,938 | | $ 17,547,938 | | | |
Common stock | Immunovant Sciences Ltd | | | | | | | | | | | |
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Earnout shares for issuance (in shares) | $ | | | $ 20,000,000 | | | $ 20,000,000 | | $ 20,000,000 | | | |
Warrant | IPO | | | | | | | | | | | |
Subsidiary or Equity Method Investee [Line Items] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number of securities called by each warrant (in shares) | | | | | | | | | | | 0.5 |
Number of securities called by warrants (in shares) | | | | | | | | | | | 5,750,000 |
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[1] | Retroactively restated for reverse recapitalization as described in Note 1. |