Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Revenues:
Net revenues	$ 1,573,075	$ 1,436,510
Other revenues	19,333	12,448
Total revenues	1,592,408	1,448,958
Cost of sales	926,135	858,012
Gross profit	666,273	590,946
Operating expenses:
Research and development	80,959	75,310
Selling, general and administrative	336,769	279,995
Litigation settlements, net	2,173	23,966
Total operating expenses	419,901	379,271
Earnings from operations	246,372	211,675
Interest expense	82,409	84,410
Other (expense) income, net	(5,692)	3,251
Earnings before income taxes and noncontrolling interest	158,271	130,516
Income tax provision	28,844	25,971
Net earnings	129,427	104,545
Net earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest	(348)	(370)
Net earnings attributable to Mylan Inc. common shareholders	$ 129,079	$ 104,175
Earnings per common share attributable to Mylan Inc. common shareholders:
Basic	$ 0.30	$ 0.24
Diluted	$ 0.30	$ 0.23
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	427,251	437,148
Diluted	432,365	448,473