CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF LOSS (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Revenues
Product sales	$ 1,038,867	$ 750,880
Alliance and royalty	9,258	79,231
Service and other	20,230	25,992
Total revenues	1,068,355	856,103
Expenses
Cost of goods sold (exclusive of amortization of intangible assets shown separately below)	284,904	224,196
Cost of alliance and service revenues	15,429	87,640
Selling, general and administrative	241,899	177,286
Research and development	23,795	22,006
Amortization of intangible assets	326,175	200,643
Restructuring, integration and other costs	48,985	62,337
Acquisition-related costs	7,899	7,505
Legal settlements and related fees	4,448	3,155
Acquisition-related contingent consideration	(2,185)	9,839
Total expenses	951,349	794,607
Operating income	117,006	61,496
Interest income	1,596	1,123
Interest expense	(155,315)	(102,025)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(21,379)	(133)
Foreign exchange and other	1,439	24,299
Gain on investments, net	1,859	2,059
Loss before recovery of income taxes	(54,794)	(13,181)
Recovery of income taxes	(27,264)	(260)
Net loss	$ (27,530)	$ (12,921)
Basic and diluted loss per share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.09)	$ (0.04)
Weighted-average common shares (000's)
Basic and diluted (in shares)	305,763	307,776