INVENTORIES (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
INVENTORIES
Raw materials	$ 63,368,000	$ 55,486,000
Work in process	64,108,000	43,587,000
Finished goods	250,555,000	158,574,000
Inventories, gross	378,031,000	257,647,000
Less allowance for obsolescence	(22,819,000)	(28,065,000)
Inventories, net	355,212,000	229,582,000
Acquisition accounting adjustment on the Valeant inventories that were sold	$ 51,300,000	$ 53,300,000