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Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 28, 2012
Successor [Member]        
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]        
Intangible asset impairment $ 0us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived
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$ 146,934,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived
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$ 100,093,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived
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Predecessor [Member]        
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]        
Intangible asset impairment       5,700,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsFinitelived
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Anchen Acquisition [Member] | IPR&D [Member]        
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]        
Asset impairment charges       2,000,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= prx_AnchenAcquisitionMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_InProcessResearchAndDevelopmentMember
Anchen Acquisition [Member] | Predecessor [Member]        
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]        
Asset impairment charges       $ 3,700,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= prx_AnchenAcquisitionMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_PredecessorMember