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Acquisitions and Other Transactions Acquisitions and Other Transactions (Abbott Laboratories) (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended
Feb. 27, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Abbott Laboratories    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Acquisition related costs   $ 50.0us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityTransactionCosts
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Subsequent event | New Mylan    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Voting interest acquired, percentage 78.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
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Subsequent event | Abbott Laboratories    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Voting interest acquired, percentage 22.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
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Acquisition purchase price $ 6,310.0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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Subsequent event | Abbott Laboratories | New Mylan    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Consideration transferred, shares 110,000,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued
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Subsequent event | Abbott Laboratories | CommonStockToOrdinaryShares    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Common stock, conversion basis 1us-gaap_ConversionOfStockSharesConverted1
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Conversion of Stock, Shares Issued 1us-gaap_ConversionOfStockSharesIssued1
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