License And Collaboration Agreements	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
License And Collaboration Agreements [Abstract]
License and Collaboration Agreements	NOTE 10. LICENSE AND COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS Our subsidiaries have entered into certain license, collaboration and discovery agreements with third parties for the development of pain management and other products. These agreements require our subsidiaries to share in the development costs of such products and grant marketing rights to our subsidiaries for such products. Our subsidiaries have also licensed from universities, corporations and other similar institutions, rights to certain technologies or intellectual property, generally in the field of pain management. They are generally required to make upfront payments as well as other payments upon successful completion of regulatory or sales milestones. In addition, these agreements generally require our subsidiaries to pay royalties on sales of the products arising from these agreements. These agreements generally permit our subsidiaries to terminate the agreement with no significant continuing obligation. For additional disclosure of our subsidiaries' material license and collaboration agreements at December 31, 2013, refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2014. Commercial Products Novartis AG and Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. As previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, our subsidiary Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (EPI) is party to a License and Supply Agreement (the Voltaren^® Gel Agreement) with and among Novartis AG and Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. (Novartis) to obtain the exclusive U.S. marketing rights for the prescription medicine Voltaren^® Gel (Voltaren^® Gel or the Licensed Product). Voltaren^® Gel royalties incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 were $22.5 million and $22.5 million, respectively, representing minimum royalties pursuant to the Voltaren^® Gel Agreement. Also as previously disclosed, EPI is required to incur a minimum amount of annual advertising and promotional expenses (A&P Expenditures) on the commercialization of the Licensed Product, which may be reduced under certain circumstances including Novartis’s failure to supply the Licensed Product. During the period beginning on July 1, 2013 and extending through June 30, 2014, EPI agreed to spend approximately $5.9 million on A&P Expenditures. During the period beginning on July 1, 2014 and extending through June 30, 2015, EPI agreed to spend approximately $8.4 million on A&P Expenditures. In subsequent Agreement Years, the minimum A&P Expenditures set forth in the Voltaren^® Gel Agreement are determined based on a percentage of net sales of Voltaren^® Gel, which may be reduced under certain circumstances, including Novartis’s failure to supply Voltaren^® Gel. Amounts incurred for such A&P Expenditures were $5.3 million and $6.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. BayerSchering As previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, our Endo Pharmaceuticals Solutions Inc. subsidiary licensed exclusive U.S. rights from Schering AG, Germany, now BayerSchering Pharma AG (BayerSchering) to market Aveed^®(the BayerSchering Agreement). On March 6, 2014, we announced that the FDA approved Aveed^® for the treatment of hypogonadism in adult men, which is associated with a deficiency or absence of the male hormone testosterone. Aveed^® became available in early March. Upon approval, EPSI made a milestone payment of $5.0 million to BayerSchering. The approval milestone was recorded as an intangible asset and is being amortized into Cost of revenues on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life. In the future, EPSI could be obligated to pay milestones of up to approximately $17.5 million based on continued market exclusivity of Aveed^® or upon certain future sales milestones. Products in Development BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. As previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, in January 2012, EPI signed a worldwide license and development agreement (the BioDelivery Agreement) with BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (BioDelivery) for the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize BEMA^® buprenorphine. During each of the first and second quarters of 2014, $10.0 million of milestones were incurred related to the achievement of certain clinical milestones and were recorded as Research and development expense. If BEMA^® buprenorphine is approved, EPI will be obligated to pay additional regulatory milestones of $60.0 million. In addition, EPI will pay royalties based on net sales of BEMA^® buprenorphine and could be obligated to pay additional commercial milestones of up to approximately $55.0 million.

NOTE 10. LICENSE AND COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS

Our subsidiaries have entered into certain license, collaboration and discovery agreements with third parties for the development of pain management and other products. These agreements require our subsidiaries to share in the development costs of such products and grant marketing rights to our subsidiaries for such products.

Our subsidiaries have also licensed from universities, corporations and other similar institutions, rights to certain technologies or intellectual property, generally in the field of pain management. They are generally required to make upfront payments as well as other payments upon successful completion of regulatory or sales milestones. In addition, these agreements generally require our subsidiaries to pay royalties on sales of the products arising from these agreements. These agreements generally permit our subsidiaries to terminate the agreement with no significant continuing obligation.

For additional disclosure of our subsidiaries' material license and collaboration agreements at December 31, 2013, refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2014.

Commercial Products

Novartis AG and Novartis Consumer Health, Inc.

As previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, our subsidiary Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (EPI) is party to a License and Supply Agreement (the Voltaren^® Gel Agreement) with and among Novartis AG and Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. (Novartis) to obtain the exclusive U.S. marketing rights for the prescription medicine Voltaren^® Gel (Voltaren^® Gel or the Licensed Product). Voltaren^® Gel royalties incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 were $22.5 million and $22.5 million, respectively, representing minimum royalties pursuant to the Voltaren^® Gel Agreement.

Also as previously disclosed, EPI is required to incur a minimum amount of annual advertising and promotional expenses (A&P Expenditures) on the commercialization of the Licensed Product, which may be reduced under certain circumstances including Novartis’s failure to supply the Licensed Product. During the period beginning on July 1, 2013 and extending through June 30, 2014, EPI agreed to spend approximately $5.9 million on A&P Expenditures. During the period beginning on July 1, 2014 and extending through June 30, 2015, EPI agreed to spend approximately $8.4 million on A&P Expenditures. In subsequent Agreement Years, the minimum A&P Expenditures set forth in the Voltaren^® Gel Agreement are determined based on a percentage of net sales of Voltaren^® Gel, which may be reduced under certain circumstances, including Novartis’s failure to supply Voltaren^® Gel. Amounts incurred for such A&P Expenditures were $5.3 million and $6.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

BayerSchering

As previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, our Endo Pharmaceuticals Solutions Inc. subsidiary licensed exclusive U.S. rights from Schering AG, Germany, now BayerSchering Pharma AG (BayerSchering) to market Aveed^®(the BayerSchering Agreement). On March 6, 2014, we announced that the FDA approved Aveed^® for the treatment of hypogonadism in adult men, which is associated with a deficiency or absence of the male hormone testosterone. Aveed^® became available in early March. Upon approval, EPSI made a milestone payment of $5.0 million to BayerSchering. The approval milestone was recorded as an intangible asset and is being amortized into Cost of revenues on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life. In the future, EPSI could be obligated to pay milestones of up to approximately $17.5 million based on continued market exclusivity of Aveed^® or upon certain future sales milestones.

Products in Development

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc.

As previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, in January 2012, EPI signed a worldwide license and development agreement (the BioDelivery Agreement) with BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (BioDelivery) for the exclusive rights to develop and commercialize BEMA^® buprenorphine. During each of the first and second quarters of 2014, $10.0 million of milestones were incurred related to the achievement of certain clinical milestones and were recorded as Research and development expense. If BEMA^® buprenorphine is approved, EPI will be obligated to pay additional regulatory milestones of $60.0 million. In addition, EPI will pay royalties based on net sales of BEMA^® buprenorphine and could be obligated to pay additional commercial milestones of up to approximately $55.0 million.