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829 41502 - Disclosure - Share based payments - Weighted-average assumptions (Details) Network

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883 Payable on completion of clinical trial Member mtfb:PayableOnCompletionOfClinicalTrialMember
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888 41702 - Disclosure - Financial assets and financial liabilities - Transfers of fair value (Details) Network

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889 Implied Table Table

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892 Transfer of financial assets fair value from Level 2 to Level 1 Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:TransfersOutOfLevel2IntoLevel1OfFairValueHierarchyAssets
893 Financial assets fair value transfer into Level 3 Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TransfersIntoLevel3OfFairValueHierarchyAssets
894 Financial assets fair value transfer out of Level 3 Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:TransfersOutOfLevel3OfFairValueHierarchyAssets
895 Transfer of financial liabilities fair value from Level 1 to Level 2 Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:TransfersOutOfLevel1IntoLevel2OfFairValueHierarchyLiabilities
896 Transfer of financial liabilities fair value from Level 2 to Level 1 Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:TransfersOutOfLevel2IntoLevel1OfFairValueHierarchyLiabilities
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898 Financial liabilities fair value transfer out of Level 3 Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TransfersOutOfLevel3OfFairValueHierarchyLiabilities
899 41801 - Disclosure - Subsidiaries (Details) Network

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907 41901 - Disclosure - Related party transactions (Details) Network

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915 41902 - Disclosure - Related party transactions - Agreements (Details) Network

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934 42001 - Disclosure - Subsequent events (Details) Network

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957 Share price Concept (Decimal) For Period mtfb:IfrsSharePrice

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