Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Revenues:
Net revenues	$ 1,789,836	$ 1,572,341	$ 5,040,896	$ 4,579,215
Other revenues	19,936	3,415	52,821	19,375
Total revenues	1,809,772	1,575,756	5,093,717	4,598,590
Cost of sales	1,021,247	917,365	2,939,740	2,679,825
Gross profit	788,525	658,391	2,153,977	1,918,765
Operating expenses:
Research and development	108,250	70,847	283,570	218,651
Selling, general and administrative	342,412	319,389	1,038,397	913,604
Litigation settlements, net	7,950	2,247	(2,083)	28,457
Total operating expenses	458,612	392,483	1,319,884	1,160,712
Earnings from operations	329,913	265,908	834,093	758,053
Interest expense	76,051	85,772	234,126	254,836
Other income, net	10,939	12,073	13,084	22,543
Earnings before income taxes and noncontrolling interest	264,801	192,209	613,051	525,760
Income tax provision	52,762	34,831	132,449	116,851
Net earnings	212,039	157,378	480,602	408,909
Net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest	(782)	(680)	(1,716)	(1,590)
Net earnings attributable to Mylan Inc. common shareholders	$ 211,257	$ 156,698	$ 478,886	$ 407,319
Earnings per common share attributable to Mylan Inc. common shareholders:
Basic	$ 0.52	$ 0.37	$ 1.15	$ 0.94
Diluted	$ 0.51	$ 0.36	$ 1.13	$ 0.92
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	406,469	426,412	418,000	432,265
Diluted	411,562	431,587	422,775	441,817