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THE COMPANY - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Jul. 26, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 21, 2016 USD ($) shares	Jan. 31, 2017 vote € / shares shares	Oct. 31, 2016 € / shares	Jul. 21, 2016 € / shares shares	Jul. 21, 2016 $ / shares shares	Dec. 24, 2013
Other Ownership Interests [Line Items]
Proceeds from partner contribution \| $		$ 1.2
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)			145,128,652		115,609,756	115,609,756
Common stock, par value (in euros per share) \| € / shares			€ 0.01	€ 0.01	€ 0.01
Proceeds from IPO \| $	$ 584.8
Number of voting rights \| vote			1
JLL Patheon Co-Investment Fund L.P.
Other Ownership Interests [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent	38.00%						51.00%
Koninklijke DSM
Other Ownership Interests [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent	34.00%						49.00%
JLL/Delta Patheon Holdings
Other Ownership Interests [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent	4.00%
IPO
Other Ownership Interests [Line Items]
Issuance of ordinary shares (in shares)		29,464,286
IPO price per shares (in USD per share) \| $ / shares						$ 21.00
Rights to purchase addition ordinary shares (in shares)		4,464,286
Total number of ordinary shares sold in connection with IPO (in shares)		34,226,191
Percentage of voting stock publicly owned	24.00%
IPO \| Koninklijke DSM
Other Ownership Interests [Line Items]
Issuance of ordinary shares (in shares)		4,761,905