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Derivative Instruments, Liquidated For Cash Benefit, Amount

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Derivative Instruments, Liquidated For Cash Benefit, Interest, Amount

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Derivative, Notional Amount Of Contracts Terminated

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Derivative, Number Of Instruments Entered Into

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Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net Investment Hedge, Gain (Loss), Tax

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the value of a contingent consideration liability, including, but not limited to, differences arising upon settlement.

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For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Period the derivative contract is outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The estimated net amount of unrealized gains or losses on interest rate cash flow hedges as of the balance sheet date expected to be reclassified to earnings within the next twelve months.

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Amount, after tax and before reclassification, of gain (loss) from derivative instrument designated and qualifying as cash flow hedge included in assessment of hedge effectiveness.

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Amount after tax of reclassification adjustments of other comprehensive income (loss).

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Financial Instruments and Fair Value - Narrative (Details)	1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2021 USD ($) derivative_instrument	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2018 CHF (SFr)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jul. 18, 2019 USD ($)
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Equity method investments				$ 22,000,000	$ 24,000,000
Net unrealized gain (loss)				(10,000,000)	11,000,000	$ 0
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives for cash flow hedges, net of taxes				86,000,000	(61,000,000)	0
Interest rate swaps, tax				0	15,000,000	$ 0
Expected reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive loss				2,000,000
Reclassification from AOCI				28,000,000	7,000,000
Cross-currency fixed interest rate swap \| Not Designated as Hedging Instrument
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Notional amount (USD, CHF)				1,212,000,000	1,391,000,000
Cross-currency fixed interest rate swap \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Net Investment Hedging
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Notional amount (USD, CHF) \| SFr			SFr 750,000,000
Term of contract			5 years
Cash benefit for liquidation					35,000,000
Interest included in cash benefit					2,000,000
Forward-starting interest rate contracts designated as cash flow hedges \| Designated as Hedging Instrument \| Cash Flow Hedging
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Notional amount (USD, CHF)	$ 2,100,000,000	$ 4,100,000,000
Derivative, number of instruments terminated \| derivative_instrument	6
Derivative, notional amount of contracts terminated	$ 2,100,000,000
Derivative, number of instruments entered into \| derivative_instrument	24
Interest rate swaps, tax				0
Terminated Interest Rate Swaps
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives for cash flow hedges, net of taxes		$ 2,000,000
Aratana
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Maximum aggregate contingent payment					12,000,000			$ 12,000,000
Prevtec
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Maximum aggregate contingent payment					16,000,000		$ 16,000,000
Decrease of fair value of contingent consideration liability					$ 4,000,000
Artana and Prevtec
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gain on writeoff of contingent consideration liability				$ 1,000,000