Supplementary Financial Information (Quarterly Financial Data) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended																	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 15, 2010	Nov. 19, 2007	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011		Sep. 30, 2011		Jun. 30, 2011		Mar. 31, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010		Sep. 30, 2010		Jun. 30, 2010		Mar. 31, 2010		Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Supplementary Financial Information [Abstract]
Total revenues				$ 1,531,234		$ 1,575,756		$ 1,573,877		$ 1,448,958	[1]	$ 1,434,499	[2]	$ 1,355,113		$ 1,368,536		$ 1,292,374		$ 6,129,825	$ 5,450,522	$ 5,092,785
Gross profit				644,598		658,391		669,429		590,946	[1]	579,192	[2]	580,057		541,850		516,298		2,563,364	2,217,397	2,074,472
Net earnings				129,894		157,378		146,986		104,545	[1]	20,800	[2]	143,539		86,933		94,270		538,803	345,542	247,748
Net earnings attributable to Mylan Inc. common shareholders				129,491		156,698		146,446		104,175	[1]	2,589	[2]	108,424		51,469		61,098		536,810	223,580	93,536
Earnings per share, Basic				$ 0.30	[3]	$ 0.37	[3]	$ 0.34	[3]	$ 0.24	[1],[3]	$ 0.01	[2],[3]	$ 0.35	[3]	$ 0.17	[3]	$ 0.20	[3]	$ 1.25	$ 0.69	$ 0.31
Earnings per share, Diluted				$ 0.30	[3]	$ 0.36	[3]	$ 0.33	[3]	$ 0.23	[1],[3]	$ 0.01	[2],[3]	$ 0.33	[3]	$ 0.16	[3]	$ 0.20	[3]	$ 1.22	$ 0.68	$ 0.30
Share prices, High				$ 21.83	[4]	$ 24.97	[4]	$ 25.23	[4]	$ 23.83	[1],[4]	$ 21.42	[2],[4]	$ 18.92	[4]	$ 23.25	[4]	$ 22.92	[4]
Share prices, Low				$ 16.16	[4]	$ 16.99	[4]	$ 22.04	[4]	$ 21.14	[1],[4]	$ 18.40	[2],[4]	$ 16.86	[4]	$ 17.04	[4]	$ 17.41	[4]
Litigation settlements, net			$ 20,100							$ 24,000		$ 112,800								$ 48,556	$ 127,058	$ 225,717
Annual rate of preferred stock dividend	6.50%	6.50%
Convertible preferred stock converted into shares of Mylan's common stock	125,234,172

[1] The results for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2011 include $24.0 million and $20.1 million, respectively, of net charges related to litigation.

[2] The results for the three months ended December 31, 2010 include $112.8 million of net charges related to litigation.

[3] The sum of earnings per share for the quarters may not equal earnings per share for the total year due to changes in the average number of common shares outstanding and the effect of the if-converted method related to our outstanding mandatorily convertible preferred stock. On November 15, 2010, the conversion of our 6.50% mandatorily convertible preferred stock into 125,234,172 shares of Mylan's common stock was completed.

[4] Closing prices are as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market.