SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2011	Nov. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Jul. 31, 2011 Dermik D	Jul. 08, 2011 Dermik	Nov. 30, 2011 Renewed Securities Repurchase Program	Jul. 31, 2011 Ortho Dermatologics D	Jul. 15, 2011 Ortho Dermatologics	Oct. 31, 2011 Afexa Life Sciences Inc.	Oct. 17, 2011 Afexa Life Sciences Inc.	Oct. 31, 2011 Senior secured credit facility bank	Sep. 30, 2011 Senior secured credit facility	Oct. 20, 2011 Senior secured credit facility	Oct. 31, 2011 New Revolving Credit Facility	Oct. 20, 2011 New Revolving Credit Facility	Sep. 30, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility due in December 2012	Jun. 29, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility due in December 2012	Oct. 31, 2011 Bridge Facility	Mar. 31, 2014 Term Loan A Facility.	Mar. 31, 2013 Term Loan A Facility.	Mar. 31, 2012 Term Loan A Facility.	Oct. 31, 2011 Term Loan A Facility.	Oct. 10, 2011 Term Loan A Facility.	Jun. 29, 2011 LIBOR
Subsequent events
Approximate total purchase price for acquisition of assets					$ 425,000,000			$ 345,000,000
Extended waiting period				30			30
Percentage of shares agreed to be sold by major shareholders (as a percent)									81.60%	73.80%
Common shares acquired (in shares)									80,929,921
Additional common shares acquired (in shares)									8,523,517
Maximum borrowing capacity															275,000,000		200,000,000					1,725,000,000	275,000,000
Delayed draw term loan facility																						500,000,000
Initial annual amortization rate commencing March, 2012 (as a percent)																					5.00%
maximum annual amortization rate commencing March 31, 2013 (as a percent)																				10.00%
maximum annual amortization rate commencing March 31, 2013 and there (as a percent)																			20.00%
Initial draw under credit facility											1,200,000,000
Repayment of debt														200,000,000				615,000,000
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)													0.0275%											3.00%
Variable rate basis											LIBOR
Percentage of largest banks whose postings are taken as base for defining basis rate (as a percent)											75.00%
Number of nation's largest banks											30
Commitment fees (as a percent)												0.50%				0.75%
Commitment fees for unutilized commitments under credit facility (as a percent)												0.50%
Commitment fees for average aggregate daily maximum amount available under credit facility (as a percent)												0.50%
Percentage of cash proceeds from asset sales outside the ordinary course of business payable as mandatory prepayments (as a percent)												100.00%
Percentage of cash proceeds from issuance of equity securities payable as mandatory prepayments (as a percent)												50.00%
Percentage of cash proceeds from incurrence of debt (as a percent)												100.00%
Percentage of Consolidated Excess Cash Flow (as a percent)												50.00%
Line of Credit Facility Percentage of Capital Stock of Entity and Each Material Domestic Subsidiary Which Act as Collateral to Credit Facility												100.00%
Percentage of capital stock of each foreign subsidiary as a security for credit facility (as a percent)											65.00%
Percentage of capital stock of each domestic subsidiary as a security for credit facility (as a percent)			100.00%
Line of Credit Facility Threshold of Percentage of Capital Stock of each Material Foreign and Domestic Subsidiary which Act as Collateral to Credit Facility												65.00%
Minimum interest coverage ratio												3.00
Maximum secured leverage ratio for first two years, numerator												1.75
Maximum secured leverage ratio for first two years, denominator												1.00
Maximum secured leverage ratio for subsequent two years, numerator												1.50
Maximum secured leverage ratio for subsequent two years, denominator												1.00
Maximum interest coverage ratio, numerator												3.00
Maximum interest coverage ratio, denominator												1.00
Aggregate maximum amount authorized under the "securities repurchase program"	$ 1,800,000,000	$ 1,500,000,000				$ 1,500,000,000
Sub-limit for repurchase of common shares as percentage of Company's public float						10.00%
Sub-limit for repurchase of common shares as percentage of Company's issued and outstanding common shares						5.00%
Maximum number of shares intended to repurchase						15,395,686
Shares intended to repurchase as percentage of Companys issued and outstanding common shares						5.00%