BUSINESS COMBINATIONS (Details 5) (USD $)	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2011 Dermik Y	Dec. 16, 2011 Dermik	Dec. 31, 2011 Dermik Product brands Y	Dec. 16, 2011 Dermik Product brands	Dec. 31, 2011 Dermik Product rights Y	Dec. 16, 2011 Dermik Product rights	Dec. 31, 2011 Dermik Manufacturing agreements Y	Dec. 16, 2011 Dermik Manufacturing agreements
Business Combinations
Total purchase price					$ 420,500,000
Assets acquired and liabilities assumed
Inventories					32,360,000
Property, plant and equipment					39,581,000
Identifiable intangible assets, excluding acquired IPR&D					341,680,000		292,472,000		33,857,000		15,351,000
Goodwill deductible for tax purposes				6,400,000
Deferred income taxes, net					(1,262,000)
Total identifiable net assets					412,359,000
Goodwill					8,141,000
Total fair value of consideration transferred					420,500,000
Estimated weighted-average useful life (in years)				9		9		5		5
Acquisition-related costs	32,964,000	38,262,000	5,596,000	9,500,000
Acquisition-related integration and restructuring costs				2,800,000
Revenues of acquiree since acquisition date				7,600,000
Earnings of acquiree since acquisition date				(10,600,000)
Effects of the acquisition accounting adjustments				$ 5,200,000