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RECEIVABLES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Accounts Receivable, Net [Abstract]  
Receivables [Text Block]
RECEIVABLES

Dollars in Millions
March 31,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Trade receivables
$
2,338

 
$
2,193

Less allowances
(88
)
 
(93
)
Net trade receivables
2,250

 
2,100

Alliance partners receivables
956

 
888

Prepaid and refundable income taxes
118

 
178

Other
134

 
224

Receivables
$
3,458

 
$
3,390



Non-U.S. receivables sold on a nonrecourse basis were $93 million and $215 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. In the aggregate, receivables due from our three largest pharmaceutical wholesalers in the U.S. represented 33% and 36% of total trade receivables at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.