EMPLOYEE STOCK BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Employee Stock Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Schedule Of Share Based Compensation Expense [Text Block]

	Years Ended December 31,
Dollars in Millions	2012		2011		2010
Stock options	$	7	$	27	$	50
Restricted stock		64		79		83
Market share units		23		23		13
Long-term performance awards		60		32		47
Amylin stock options and restricted stock units (see Note 4)		94		-		-
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	248	$	161	$	193
Income tax benefit	$	82	$	56	$	63

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Activity [Table Text Block]

										Long-Term
	Stock Options			Restricted Stock Units			Market Share Units			Performance Awards
		Weighted-		Number	Weighted-		Number	Weighted-		Number	Weighted-
	Number of	Average		of	Average		of	Average		of	Average
	Options	Exercise Price		Nonvested	Grant-Date		Nonvested	Grant-Date		Nonvested	Grant-Date
Shares in Thousands	Outstanding	of Shares		Awards	Fair Value		Awards	Fair Value		Awards	Fair Value
Balance at January 1, 2012	70,224	$	27.04	8,416	$	23.10	1,982	$	25.39	3,411	$	23.53
Granted	-		-	3,036		32.71	1,076		31.85	1,717		32.33
Released/Exercised	(16,560)		24.18	(3,341)		22.13	(562)		25.29	(1,087)		19.63
Adjustments for actual payout	-		-	-		-	(166)		25.29	225		32.55
Forfeited/Cancelled	(11,699)		44.85	(543)		25.96	(126)		27.38	(170)		28.90
Balance at December 31, 2012	41,965		23.21	7,568		27.18	2,204		28.46	4,096		28.44
Vested or expected to vest	41,875		23.22	6,826		27.18	1,988		28.46	3,694		28.44

Schedule of Unrecognized Compensation Cost, Nonvested Awards [Table Text Block]

							Long-Term
	Stock		Restricted		Market		Performance
Dollars in Millions	Options		Stock Units		Share Units		Awards
Unrecognized compensation cost	$	2	$	146	$	31	$	32
Expected weighted-average period in years of compensation cost to be recognized		0.2		2.6		2.7		1.4

Schedule Of Share Based Compensation Additional Information [Table Text Block]

Amounts in Millions, except per share data		2012		2011		2010
Weighted-average grant date fair value (per share):
	Restricted stock units		32.71		26.04		24.80
	Market share units		31.85		25.83		24.69
	Long-term performance awards		32.33		25.30		23.65
Fair value of options or awards that vested during the year:
	Stock options	$	23	$	45	$	73
	Restricted stock units		74		75		79
	Market share units		18		8		-
	Long-term performance awards		56		21		56
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the year		$	153	$	154	$	47

Share-based Compensation, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding and Exercisable [Table Text Block]

	Options Outstanding						Options Exercisable
		Weighted-	Weighted-					Weighted-	Weighted-
		Average	Average					Average	Average
	Number	Remaining	Exercise		Aggregate			Remaining	Exercise		Aggregate
	Outstanding	Contractual Life	Price		Intrinsic		Number	Contractual Life	Price		Intrinsic
Range of Exercise Prices	(in thousands)	(in years)	Per Share		Value		Exercisable	(in years)	Per Share		Value
$1 - $20	10,344	6.16	$	17.51	$	156	7,184	6.16	$	17.49	$	109
$20 - $30	31,606	3.00		25.06		238	31,585	3.00		25.07		238
$30 - $40	15	4.49		31.62		-	15	4.49		31.62		-
	41,965	3.78		23.21	$	394	38,784	3.58		23.67	$	347

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Market Share Units, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

	2012	2011	2010
Expected volatility	24.1%	24.3%	24.8%
Risk-free interest rate	0.6%	1.8%	1.9%
Dividend yield	4.4%	4.9%	5.8%