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Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measures - Debt and Credit Facilities (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2016	May 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument
Proceeds from debt	$ 7,700,000,000	$ 16,600,000,000
Repayment of debt maturing more than three months	2,000,000,000
Interest expense			$ 271,000,000	$ 207,000,000	$ 731,000,000	$ 511,000,000
Short-Term Borrowings
Short-term borrowings			0		0		$ 406,000,000
Term loan facility \| Bridge Term Loan Agreement
Debt Instrument
Drawn amount								$ 0
Interest expense						$ 86,000,000
Senior notes
Debt Instrument
Principal amount of unsecured senior notes	7,800,000,000.0	16,700,000,000.0
Debt issuance costs	52,000,000	93,000,000
Debt discounts	29,000,000
Senior notes \| 2.30% Senior notes due 2021
Debt Instrument
Principal amount of unsecured senior notes	$ 1,800,000,000.0
Interest rate percentage	2.30%
Senior notes \| 2.85% Senior notes due 2023
Debt Instrument
Principal amount of unsecured senior notes	$ 1,000,000,000.0
Interest rate percentage	2.85%
Senior notes \| 3.20% Senior notes due 2026
Debt Instrument
Principal amount of unsecured senior notes	$ 2,000,000,000.0
Interest rate percentage	3.20%
Senior notes \| 4.30% Senior notes due 2036
Debt Instrument
Principal amount of unsecured senior notes	$ 1,000,000,000.0
Interest rate percentage	4.30%
Senior notes \| 4.45% Senior notes due 2046
Debt Instrument
Principal amount of unsecured senior notes	$ 2,000,000,000.0
Interest rate percentage	4.45%
Financial institution
Debt Instrument
Proceeds used to finance accelerated share repurchase program	$ 3,800,000,000	5,000,000,000
Stemcentrx
Debt Instrument
Proceeds used to finance acquisition	$ 1,900,000,000
Pharmacyclics Inc
Debt Instrument
Proceeds used to finance acquisition		$ 11,500,000,000
Commercial paper
Short-Term Borrowings
Short-term borrowings			$ 0		$ 0		$ 400,000,000
Weighted-average interest rate (as a percent)			0.60%	0.20%	0.60%	0.20%