FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Debt Obligations) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012
Extinguishment of Debt Disclosures [Abstract]
Extinguishment of Debt, Principal Value		$ 2,052,000,000	$ 71,000,000
Extinguishment of Debt, Carrying Value		2,081,000,000	88,000,000
Extinguishment of Debt, Repurchase Price		2,108,000,000	78,000,000
Extinguishment of Debt, Notional amount of interest rate swaps terminated		6,000,000	34,000,000
Extinguishment of Debt, Swap Termination Proceeds		2,000,000	6,000,000
Extinguishment Of Debt, Total loss/(gain)		27,000,000	(10,000,000)
Short-term Debt [Line Items]
Bank drafts	359,000,000	162,000,000
Current portion of long-term debt		664,000,000
Total	359,000,000	826,000,000
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	7,593,000,000	6,631,000,000
Adjustments to Principal Value, Fair value of interest rate swaps	37,000,000	146,000,000
Adjustments to Principal Value, Unamortized basis adjustment from swap terminations	442,000,000	509,000,000
Adjustments to Principal Value, Unamortized bond discounts	(64,000,000)	(54,000,000)
Long-term debt	7,981,000,000	6,568,000,000
Long-term debt Total	8,008,000,000	7,232,000,000
Current portion of long-term debt	27,000,000
Unsecured Debt	1,500,000,000
Total	7,981,000,000	7,232,000,000		6,562,000,000	7,122,000,000	7,180,000,000	7,227,000,000	5,209,000,000	5,270,000,000
The average amount of commercial paper outstanding	259,000,000
The weighted average interest rate of commercial paper	0.12%
Maximum month end amount of commercial paper borrowings outstanding	820,000,000
Repayments of long-term debt	597,000,000	2,108,000,000	78,000,000
Principal value of debt maturing in 2014	27,000,000
Principal value of debt maturing in 2016	684,000,000
Principal value of debt maturing in 2017	750,000,000
Principal value of debt maturing in 2018	631,000,000
Principal value of debt maturing in 2019 and after	5,501,000,000
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	1,489,000,000	1,950,000,000
Long-term debt, Fair value	8,487,000,000	8,285,000,000
Interest payments	268,000,000	241,000,000	171,000,000
Financial guarantees in the form of stand-by letters of credit and perfomance bonds	633,000,000
Notes Due 2013 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value		597,000,000
Repayments of long-term debt	597,000,000
Euro Notes Due 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	684,000,000	659,000,000
Notes Due 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	750,000,000	750,000,000
Notes Due 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	582,000,000	582,000,000
Notes Due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	500,000,000
Unsecured Debt	500,000,000
Euro Notes Due 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	684,000,000	659,000,000
Notes Due 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	750,000,000	750,000,000
Debentures Due 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	304,000,000	304,000,000
Notes Due 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	500,000,000
Unsecured Debt	500,000,000
Debentures Due 2026 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	330,000,000	330,000,000
Notes Due 2036 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	625,000,000	625,000,000
Notes Due 2038 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	480,000,000	480,000,000
Notes Due 2042 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	500,000,000	500,000,000
Notes Due 2044 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	500,000,000
Unsecured Debt	500,000,000
Debentures Due 2097 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	260,000,000	260,000,000
Other Debt Maturing 2013 To 2030 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	144,000,000	135,000,000
Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures Due 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value	49,000,000
Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023, Conversion price	$ 39.58
Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023, Conversion ratio in shares	25.2623
Floating Rate Convertible Senior Debentures due 2023, Principal amount to be converted	1,000
Amylin Acquisition [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal value		2,000,000,000
Adjustments to Principal Value, Unamortized bond discounts		36,000,000
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt		1,950,000,000
Deferred loan issuance costs		14,000,000
Notes Due 2019 Notes Due 2023 And Notes Due 2044 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Adjustments to Principal Value, Unamortized bond discounts	12,000,000
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	1,477,000,000
Deferred loan issuance costs	11,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Number of Revolving Credit Facilities	2
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 1,500,000,000