Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	The Company computes its provision for income taxes using an estimated effective tax rate for the full year with consideration of certain discrete tax items which occurred within the interim period. The estimated annual effective tax rate for 2014 includes an estimate of the full-year effect of foreign tax credits that the Company anticipates it will claim against its 2014 U.S. tax liabilities. The effective tax rate was (21.0)% for the third quarter of 2014, compared to 18.4% for the third quarter of 2013, and was (5.8)% for the first nine months of 2014, compared to 19.6% for the first nine months of 2013. During the third quarter of 2014, the Company received approvals from the relevant Indian regulatory authorities to legally merge its wholly owned subsidiaries, Agila Specialties Private Limited and Onco Therapies Limited, into Mylan Laboratories Limited. The merger resulted in the recognition of a deferred tax asset of $156 million for the tax deductible goodwill in excess of the book goodwill with a corresponding benefit to income tax provision for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

The Company computes its provision for income taxes using an estimated effective tax rate for the full year with consideration of certain discrete tax items which occurred within the interim period. The estimated annual effective tax rate for 2014 includes an estimate of the full-year effect of foreign tax credits that the Company anticipates it will claim against its 2014 U.S. tax liabilities.

The effective tax rate was (21.0)% for the third quarter of 2014, compared to 18.4% for the third quarter of 2013, and was (5.8)% for the first nine months of 2014, compared to 19.6% for the first nine months of 2013. During the third quarter of 2014, the Company received approvals from the relevant Indian regulatory authorities to legally merge its wholly owned subsidiaries, Agila Specialties Private Limited and Onco Therapies Limited, into Mylan Laboratories Limited. The merger resulted in the recognition of a deferred tax asset of $156 million for the tax deductible goodwill in excess of the book goodwill with a corresponding benefit to income tax provision for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014.