Taiwan Liposome Company, Ltd. (SEC Filing Page | XBRL Cloud Viewer | XBRL Instance)

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499 Accounts receivable, net Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTradeReceivables
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505 Prepaid insurance expense Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit tlc:PrepaidInsuranceExpense
506 Prepaid handling charges Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit tlc:PrepaidHandlingCharges
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540 Computer Software Member ifrs-full:ComputerSoftwareMember
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550 Net exchange differences Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughNetExchangeDifferencesIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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553 100450 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Summary of Amortization Charges of Intangible Assets Recorded in Operating Expenses (Details) Network

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560 Amortization charges Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:AmortisationIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
561 100460 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Summary of Other Non Current Assets (Details) Network

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562 Disclosure Of Financial Assets [Table] Table

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570 100470 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Summary of Type of Borrowings (Details) Network

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577 Short-term borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ShorttermBorrowings
578 Interest rate Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:BorrowingsInterestRate
579 Credit line Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NotesAndDebenturesIssued
580 100480 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Short-Term Borrowings - Additional Information (Details) Network

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584 100490 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Summary of Other payables (Details) Network

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585 Disclosure Of Financial Liabilities [Table] Table

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598 100500 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Summary of Long-term Borrowings (Details) Network

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612 Less: Current portion (Shown as “Other current liabilities”) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentPortionOfLongtermBorrowings
613 Long-term borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermBorrowings
614 Secured borrowings, Collateral Concept (Text/String) For Period tlc:AssetsPledgedAsCollateralForSecuredBorrowings
615 100510 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Summary of Long-term Borrowings (Parenthetical) (Details) Network

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635 Interest and principal payment description Concept (Text/String) For Period tlc:BorrowingInterestAndPrincipalPaymentDescription
636 Adjusted quick ratio Concept (Share) For Period tlc:AdjustedQuickRatio
637 Adjusted tangible net Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TangibleExplorationAndEvaluationAssets
638 Undrawn loan facilities amount Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:UndrawnBorrowingFacilities
639 100520 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Summary of Future Minimum Lease Payments and Present Values (Details) Network

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640 Disclosure Of Finance Lease And Operating Lease By Lessee [Table] Table

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647 Future finance charges Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FutureFinanceChargeOnFinanceLease
648 Present value of finance lease liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:MinimumFinanceLeasePaymentsPayableAtPresentValue
649 100530 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Pensions - Additional Information (Details) Network

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650 Disclosure Of Defined Benefit Plans [Table] Table

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669 Weighted average duration of the retirement plan Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageDurationOfDefinedBenefitObligation
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671 Pension costs under defined contribution pension plan Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:PostemploymentBenefitExpenseDefinedContributionPlans
672 100540 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Summary of Amounts Recognized in Balance Sheet (Details) Network

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673 Disclosure Of Net Defined Benefit Liability Asset [Table] Table

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697 100560 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Summary of Principal Actuarial Assumptions (Details) Network

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702 100570 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Sensitivity Analysis of Actuarial Assumption (Details) Network

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711 100580 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Sensitivity Analysis of Actuarial Assumption (Parenthetical) (Details) Network

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712 Disclosure Of Sensitivity Analysis For Actuarial Assumptions [Table] Table

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720 100590 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Summary of Analysis of Timing of Future Pension Payment (Details) Network

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730 100600 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Summary of Equity-Settled Share-Based Payment Arrangements (Details) Network

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757 100610 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Summary of Equity-Settled Share-Based Payment Arrangements (Parenthetical) (Details) Network

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1108 Unused tax losses not recognized as deferred income tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:UnusedTaxLossesForWhichNoDeferredTaxAssetRecognised
1109 100950 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Summary of the Amounts of Deductible Temporary Differences That were Not Recognized as Deferred Income Tax Assets (Details) Network

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1113 100960 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Summary of Loss Per Share (Details) Network

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1127 100970 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Summary of Investing Activities with Partial Cash Payments (Details) Network

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1144 100980 - Disclosure - Details of Significant Accounts - Changes in Liabilities from Financing Activities (Details) Network

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1156 100990 - Disclosure - Related Party Transactions - Summary of Key Management Personnel Compensation (Details) Network

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1163 101000 - Disclosure - Pledged Assets - Summary of Pledged Assets (Details) Network

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1177 101010 - Disclosure - Significant Contingent Liabilities and Unrecognized Contract Commitments - Summary Capital Expenditure Contracted for but Not Yet Incurred and are Cancelable (Details) Network

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1181 101020 - Disclosure - Significant Contingent Liabilities and Unrecognized Contract Commitments - Additional Information (Details) Network

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1198 101030 - Disclosure - Significant Contingent Liabilities and Unrecognized Contract Commitments - Summary of Future Aggregate Minimum Lease Payments (Details) Network

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1206 101040 - Disclosure - Significant Contingent Liabilities and Unrecognized Contract Commitments - Summary of Outstanding Commitments on Purchase Agreements (Details) Network

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1210 101050 - Disclosure - Significant Contingent Liabilities and Unrecognized Contract Commitments - Summary of Outstanding Commitments on Research and Development (Details) Network

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1214 101060 - Disclosure - Events After the Reporting Period - Additional Information (Details) Network

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1221 Events After Reporting Period Member tlc:EventsAfterReportingPeriodMember
1222 Disclosure Of Nonadjusting Events After Reporting Period [Line Items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfNonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodLineItems
1223 Number of product commercialized under the agreement Concept (Integer) For Period tlc:NumberOfProductCommercializedUnderTheAgreement
1224 Upfront payment received on development and sales milestones Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit tlc:DevelopmentAndSalesMilestonesReceivable
1225 101070 - Disclosure - Others - Summary of Gearing Ratios (Details) Network

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1226 Implied Table Table

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1227 Others [Abstract] Abstract tlc:OthersAbstract
1228 Total affected liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Liabilities
1229 Total capital Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit tlc:CommonStock
1230 Debt ratio Concept (Percent) As Of tlc:DebtRatio
1231 101080 - Disclosure - Others - Schedule of Financial Assets and Liabilities by Category (Details) Network

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1232 Others [Table] Table

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1234 Financial liabilities, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilitiesCategoryMember
1235 Financial Liabilities at Amortised cost Member ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilitiesAtAmortisedCostCategoryMember
1236 Categories of financial assets [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfFinancialAssetsAxis
1237 Financial assets, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsCategoryMember
1238 Financial Assets at Amortised Cost Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAtAmortisedCostCategoryMember
1239 Others [Line Items] LineItems tlc:OthersLineItems
1240 Cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
1241 Current financial assets at amortized cost Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentFinancialAssetsAtAmortisedCost
1242 Accounts receivable, net Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTradeReceivables
1243 Other receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherReceivables
1244 Refundable deposits Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:LongtermDeposits
1245 Financial assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinancialAssets
1246 Short-term borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ShorttermBorrowings
1247 Other payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:OtherPayables
1248 Financial lease liabilities (including current portion) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FinanceLeaseLiabilities
1249 Long-term borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermBorrowings
1250 Financial liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilities
1251 101090 - Disclosure - Others - Summary of Information on Assets and Liabilities Denominated in Foreign Currencies whose Values Materially Affected by Exchange Rate Fluctuations (Details) Network

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1252 Others [Table] Table

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1254 All Currencies Member currency:AllCurrenciesDomain
1255 USD : NTD Member tlc:USDNTDMember
1256 AUD : NTD Member tlc:AUDNTDMember
1257 Categories of financial assets [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfFinancialAssetsAxis
1258 Financial assets, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsCategoryMember
1259 Financial Assets Monetary Items Member tlc:FinancialAssetsMonetaryItemsMember
1260 Non Monetary Items Member tlc:NonMonetaryItemsMember
1261 Categories of financial liabilities [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfFinancialLiabilitiesAxis
1262 Financial liabilities, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilitiesCategoryMember
1263 Financial Liabilities Monetary Items Member tlc:FinancialLiabilitiesMonetaryItemsMember
1264 Others [Line Items] LineItems tlc:OthersLineItems
1265 Foreign currency amount financial assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit tlc:ForeignCurrencyAmountFinancialAssets
1266 Foreign currency amount non-monetary items Concept (Monetary) As Of tlc:ForeignCurrencyAmountNonMonetaryItems
1267 Foreign currency amount financial liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit tlc:ForeignCurrencyAmountFinancialLiabilities
1268 Exchange rate of NT to $1.00 Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:ClosingForeignExchangeRate
1269 Foreign currency amount financial assets book value Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit tlc:ForeignCurrencyAmountFinancialAssetsBookValue
1270 Foreign currency amount non-monetary items book value Concept (Monetary) As Of tlc:ForeignCurrencyAmountNonMonetaryItemsBookValue
1271 Foreign currency amount financial liabilities book value Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit tlc:ForeignCurrencyAmountFinancialLiabilitiesBookValue
1272 101100 - Disclosure - Others - Summary of Analysis of Foreign Currency Market Risk Arising from Significant Foreign Exchange Variation (Details) Network

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1273 Others [Table] Table

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1274 Categories of financial liabilities [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfFinancialLiabilitiesAxis
1275 Financial liabilities, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilitiesCategoryMember
1276 Financial Liabilities Monetary Items Member tlc:FinancialLiabilitiesMonetaryItemsMember
1277 Categories of financial assets [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfFinancialAssetsAxis
1278 Financial assets, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsCategoryMember
1279 Financial Assets Monetary Items Member tlc:FinancialAssetsMonetaryItemsMember
1280 Non Monetary Items Member tlc:NonMonetaryItemsMember
1281 Currency Axis us-gaap:CurrencyAxis
1282 All Currencies Member currency:AllCurrenciesDomain
1283 USD : NTD Member tlc:USDNTDMember
1284 AUD:NTD Member tlc:AUDNTDMember
1285 Others [Line Items] LineItems tlc:OthersLineItems
1286 Sensitivity analysis, Extent of variation Concept (Percent) For Period tlc:ExtentOfForeignExchangeRateVariation
1287 Sensitivity analysis, Effect on profit or loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnExchangeDifferencesOnTranslationRecognisedInProfitOrLoss
1288 Sensitivity analysis, Effect on other comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnExchangeDifferencesOnTranslationNetOfTax
1289 101110 - Disclosure - Others - Additional Information (Details) Network

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1290 Others [Table] Table

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1291 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsAxis
1292 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [member] Member ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsMember
1293 Unrealized Exchange Gain (Loss) Member ifrs-full:UnrealisedForeignExchangeGainsLossesMember
1294 Categories of financial assets [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfFinancialAssetsAxis
1295 Financial assets, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsCategoryMember
1296 Financial Assets Monetary Items Member tlc:FinancialAssetsMonetaryItemsMember
1297 Types of risks [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksAxis
1298 Risks [member] Member ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksMember
1299 If Interest Rates Had Been 0.2% Higher Member tlc:IfInterestRatesHadBeenZeroPointTwoPercentHigherMember
1300 If Interest Rates Had Been 0.2% Lower Member tlc:IfInterestRatesHadBeenZeroPointTwoPercentLowerMember
1301 Impairment of financial assets [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ImpairmentOfFinancialAssetsAxis
1302 Entity's total for impairment of financial assets [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForImpairmentOfFinancialAssetsMember
1303 Financial Assets Neither Past Due Nor Impaired Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsNeitherPastDueNorImpairedMember
1304 Financial Assets Determined To Be Impaired Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsImpairedMember
1305 Others [Line Items] LineItems tlc:OthersLineItems
1306 Unrealized exchange gain (loss) arising from significant foreign exchange variation Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnExchangeDifferencesOnTranslationRecognisedInProfitOrLoss
1307 Change in net loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit tlc:ChangeInNetLoss
1308 Net loss description with regard to interest rate condition Concept (Text/String) For Period tlc:NetLossDescriptionWthRegardToInterestRateCondition
1309 Loss allowance Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit tlc:LossAllowanceForTradeReceivables
1310 Accounts receivable, net Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTradeReceivables
1311 101120 - Disclosure - Others - Summary of Movements in Relation to Applying Simplified Approach to Provide Loss Allowance for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets (Details) Network

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1312 Others [Table] Table

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1314 Financial assets, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsCategoryMember
1315 Accounts Receivable Member tlc:AccountsReceivablesMember
1316 Contact Assets Member tlc:ContactAssetsMember
1317 Voluntary changes in accounting policy [axis] Axis ifrs-full:VoluntaryChangesInAccountingPolicyAxis
1318 Voluntary changes in accounting policy [member] Member ifrs-full:VoluntaryChangesInAccountingPolicyMember
1319 IAS 39 Member tlc:IAS39Member
1320 IFRS 9 Member tlc:IFRS9Member
1321 Others [Line Items] LineItems tlc:OthersLineItems
1322 At January 1_IAS 39 Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AllowanceAccountForCreditLossesOfFinancialAssets
1323 Adjustments under new standards Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughAdjustmentsArisingFromPassageOfTimeAllowanceAccountForCreditLossesOfFinancialAssets
1324 Provision for impairment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit tlc:ProvisionForImpairment
1325 At December 31 Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AllowanceAccountForCreditLossesOfFinancialAssets
1326 101130 - Disclosure - Others - Non-Derivative Financial Liabilities Based on the Remaining Period at the Balance Sheet Date to the Contractual Maturity Date (Details) Network

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1327 Disclosure Of Maturity Analysis For Nonderivative Financial Liabilities [Table] Table

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1328 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
1329 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
1330 Not Later Than One Year Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
1331 Between 1 and 2 Years Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearAndNotLaterThanTwoYearsMember
1332 Between 2 and 3 Years Member ifrs-full:LaterThanTwoYearsAndNotLaterThanThreeYearsMember
1333 Between 3 and 5 Years Member ifrs-full:LaterThanThreeYearsAndNotLaterThanFiveYearsMember
1334 Over 5 Years Member ifrs-full:LaterThanFiveYearsMember
1335 Disclosure Of Maturity Analysis For Nonderivative Financial Liabilities [Line Items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfMaturityAnalysisForNonderivativeFinancialLiabilitiesLineItems
1336 Short-term borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit tlc:ShortTermBorrowingsUndiscountedCashFlows
1337 Other payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherPayablesUndiscountedCashFlows
1338 Finance lease liabilities (including current portion) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:GrossFinanceLeaseObligations
1339 Long-term borrowings (including current portion) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit tlc:LongTermBorrowingsUndiscountedCashFlows
1340 101140 - Disclosure - Others - Summary of Reconciliation of Allowance for Impairment and Provision (Details) Network

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1341 Disclosure For Reconciliation Of Allowance For Impairment And Provision [Table] Table

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1342 New IFRSs [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NewIFRSsAxis
1343 New IFRSs [member] Member ifrs-full:NewIFRSsMember
1344 IAS 39 Member tlc:IAS39Member
1345 IFRS 9 Member tlc:IFRS9Member
1346 Disclosure For Reconciliation Of Allowance For Impairment And Provision [Line Items] LineItems tlc:DisclosureForReconciliationOfAllowanceForImpairmentAndProvisionLineItems
1347 Beginning balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTradeReceivables
1348 Impairment loss adjustment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForImpairmentLossReversalOfImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLossTradeAndOtherReceivables
1349 Ending Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTradeReceivables
1350 101160 - Disclosure - Others - Summary of Provision for Impairment of Accounts Receivable (Details) Network

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1351 Disclosure Of Trade And Receivables [Table] Table

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1352 Impairment of financial assets [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ImpairmentOfFinancialAssetsAxis
1353 Entity's total for impairment of financial assets [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForImpairmentOfFinancialAssetsMember
1354 Individually Assessed for Impairment Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsIndividuallyAssessedForCreditLossesMember
1355 Collectively Assessed for Impairment Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsCollectivelyAssessedForCreditLossesMember
1356 Financial Assets Determined To Be Impaired Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsImpairedMember
1357 Disclosure Of Trade And Receivables [Line Items] LineItems tlc:DisclosureOfTradeAndReceivablesLineItems
1358 Beginning balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTradeReceivables
1359 Provision for impairment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLossTradeReceivables
1360 Ending Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTradeReceivables
1361 101170 - Disclosure - Others - Summary of Revenue Recognized (Details) Network

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1362 Implied Table Table

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1363 Revenue [Abstract] Abstract ifrs-full:RevenueAbstract
1364 Royalty revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromRoyalties
1365 Co-development revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit tlc:RevenueFromCoDevelopment
1366 Revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
1367 101180 - Disclosure - Others - Summary of Effects and Description of Current Balance Sheets and Comprehensive Income Statements Items if Company Continued Adopting Previous Accounting Policies (Details) Network

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1368 Disclosure Of Reclassifications Or Changes In Presentation [Table] Table

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1369 Retrospective application and retrospective restatement [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RetrospectiveApplicationAndRetrospectiveRestatementAxis
1370 Currently stated [member] Member ifrs-full:RestatedMember
1371 Balance by using IFRS 15 Member ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseDueToChangesInAccountingPolicyRequiredByIFRSsMember
1372 Balance by using previous accounting policies Member ifrs-full:FinancialEffectOfCorrectionsOfAccountingErrorsMember
1373 Effects fron change in accounting policies Member ifrs-full:FinancialEffectOfChangesInAccountingPolicyMember
1374 Disclosure Of Reclassifications Or Changes In Presentation [Line Items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfReclassificationsOrChangesInPresentationLineItems
1375 Contract assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentContractAssets
1376 Operating revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
1377 Capital surplus used to cover accumulated deficit Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransferBetweenRevaluationReserveAndRetainedEarnings
1378 101190 - Disclosure - Segment Information - Additional Information (Details) Network

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1379 Implied Table Table

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1380 Disclosure Of Operating Segments [Abstract] Abstract ifrs-full:DisclosureOfOperatingSegmentsAbstract
1381 Number of industries in which business operates Concept (Integer) For Period tlc:NumberOfIndustriesInWhichBusinessOperates
1382 Number of reportable operating segments Concept (Integer) For Period tlc:NumberOfReportableOperatingSegments
1383 101200 - Disclosure - Segment Information - Summary of Geographical Information (Details) Network

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1384 Disclosure Of Geographical Areas [Table] Table

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1386 Geographical areas [member] Member ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasMember
1387 Taiwan Member country:TW
1388 Europe Member tlc:Europe1Member
1389 China Member country:CN
1390 Others Member tlc:OthersMember
1391 Disclosure Of Geographical Areas [Line Items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfGeographicalAreasLineItems
1392 Operating revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
1393 Non-current assets (Note) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit tlc:NoncurrentAssetsExcludingDeferredTaxAssetsAndRefundableDeposits
1394 101210 - Disclosure - Segment Information - Summary of Sales to Individual Customers Exceeding 10% of Revenue (Details) Network

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1395 Disclosure Of Geographical Areas [Table] Table

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1399 Customer B Member tlc:CustomerBMember
1400 Customer F Member tlc:CustomerFMember
1401 Disclosure Of Geographical Areas [Line Items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfGeographicalAreasLineItems
1402 Operating revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue

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