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Debt Instrument, Call Option Premium Percentage

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Debt Instrument, Covenant Description, Ratio of Amount Outstanding to EBITDA Required to Make Mandatory Principle Payments

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Debt Instrument, Soft Call Provision Prepayment Premium

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Debt Instrument, Variable Rate Floor

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Debt Instrument, Variable Rate Step-Down Percentage Upon Achievement of Net Leverage Level

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Net Leverage Ratio

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Payments for Debt Call Option Premium

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Write off of Debt Call Option Premium

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Fair value portion of debt instrument payable, including, but not limited to, notes payable and loans payable.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Amount of the required periodic payments applied to principal.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Percentage of principal amount of debt redeemed.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Carrying amount of long-term debt, net of unamortized discount or premium, including current and noncurrent amounts. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Debt - Narrative (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
Debt - Narrative (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 28, 2012	Mar. 31, 2014	Sep. 28, 2012	Feb. 06, 2013	Feb. 28, 2013	Feb. 20, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt		$ 1,925,837,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Successor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense	25,985,000	108,427,000	95,484,000
Long-term debt		1,925,837,000	1,545,340,000
Predecessor [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense				9,159,000
Par Sterile [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Transaction costs									12,350,000
Write off of deferred debt issuance cost					4,000,000
Par Sterile [Member] \| Other Noncurrent Assets [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Transaction costs									4,100,000
Par Sterile [Member] \| Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Transaction costs		8,200,000							8,200,000
7 Year Senior Secured Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt term (years)						7 years
Senior secured term loan				1,055,000,000		1,055,000,000
7 Year Senior Secured Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Successor [Member]
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Long-term debt		1,435,837,000	1,055,340,000
7 Year Senior Secured Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Successor [Member] \| Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
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Debt, fair value		1,399,941,000	1,063,255,000
7 Year Senior Secured Term Loan Facility [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Successor [Member] \| Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] \| Level 2 [Member]
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Debt, fair value		1,399,941,000	1,063,255,000
5 Year Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
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Debt term (years)						5 years
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity				150,000,000		150,000,000
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Long-term debt		0	0
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
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Line of credit, accordion feature, additional borrowing capacity available				250,000,000		250,000,000
Ratio of amount outstanding to EBITDA required to make mandatory principle payments		2.50
Percent to be paid when ratio is greater than 2.50 but less than or equal to 3.00		25.00%
Percent to be paid when ratio is greater than 3.00		50.00%
Principal prepayment due in first quarter of 2014			10,800,000		5,000,000
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Ratio is Greater than 2.5 but Less Than or Equal to 3, Required to Pay 25% of Excess cash Flows [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ratio of Indebtedness to Net Capital		2.50
Credit Agreement [Member] \| Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Ratio is Greater than 3, Required to Pay 50% of Excess cash Flows [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ratio of Indebtedness to Net Capital		3.00
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Ratio of Indebtedness to Net Capital		3.00
New Term Loan [Member] \| Term Loan [Member]
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Senior secured term loan							1,066,000,000
Call option premium percentage							1.00%	1.00%
Payments for debt call option premium								10,500,000
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Write off of deferred debt issuance cost								5,900,000
Write off of debt call option premium								1,400,000
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Debt, basis spread on variable rate							3.25%
Debt, variable rate floor							1.00%
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Debt, basis spread on variable rate							2.25%
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Extended Revolving Facility Maturing December 28, 2017 [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
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Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity								127,500,000.0
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding		0
Extended Revolving Facility Maturing December 28, 2017 [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
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Debt, basis spread on variable rate								3.25%
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Debt, basis spread on variable rate								2.25%
Non-Extended Portion of Revolving Facility [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
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Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity								22,500,000.0
Non-Extended Portion of Revolving Facility [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
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Debt, basis spread on variable rate								3.75%
Non-Extended Portion of Revolving Facility [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
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Debt, basis spread on variable rate								2.75%
7.375% Senior Notes Due 2020 [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
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Senior secured term loan		490,000,000		490,000,000		490,000,000
Debt interest rate		7.375%	7.375%	7.375%		7.375%
Debt minimum amount of payment default causing default				40,000,000		40,000,000
Debt minimum amount of failure to pay final judgment causing default				40,000,000		40,000,000
7.375% Senior Notes Due 2020 [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member] \| Successor [Member]
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Long-term debt		490,000,000	490,000,000
7.375% Senior Notes Due 2020 [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member] \| Successor [Member] \| Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
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Debt, fair value		507,763,000	507,150,000
7.375% Senior Notes Due 2020 [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member] \| Successor [Member] \| Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] \| Level 2 [Member]
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Debt, fair value		507,800,000	507,150,000
7.375% Senior Notes Due 2020 [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member] \| Prior to October 15, 2015, up to 40% of aggregate principal amount [Member]
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Debt percentage of principal amount redeemed						40.00%
Debt redemption price percentage						107.375%
7.375% Senior Notes Due 2020 [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member] \| Prior to October 13, 2015, up to 100% of aggregate principal amount [Member]
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Debt redemption price percentage						100.00%
New Tranche B Term Loans [Member] \| Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior secured term loan									1,055,000,000
Basis spread on variable rate, reduction									0.25%
Soft call provision prepayment premium									1.00%
Variable rate step-down percentage upon achievement of net leverage level									0.25%
Net Leverage Ratio									3.75
New Tranche B Term Loans [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, basis spread on variable rate									3.00%
New Tranche B Term Loans [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, basis spread on variable rate									2.00%
Incremental Term B-2 Joinder Agreement [Member] \| Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior secured term loan									$ 395,000,000