INVENTORIES (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
INVENTORIES
Raw materials	$ 135,606,000	$ 120,885,000
Work in process	67,129,000	60,384,000
Finished goods	366,453,000	406,018,000
Inventories, gross	569,188,000	587,287,000
Less allowance for obsolescence	(59,512,000)	(56,031,000)
Inventories, net	509,676,000	531,256,000
Acquisition accounting adjustment on the Valeant inventories that were sold	$ 43,200,000