BUSINESS COMBINATIONS (Details)	3 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended				1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 Gerot Lannach USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 Gerot Lannach Y	Mar. 31, 2012 Gerot Lannach Y	Mar. 13, 2012 Gerot Lannach USD ($)	Mar. 13, 2012 Gerot Lannach EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2012 Gerot Lannach Product brands Y	Mar. 13, 2012 Gerot Lannach Product brands USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 Gerot Lannach Partner relationships Y	Mar. 13, 2012 Gerot Lannach Partner relationships USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 Probiotica USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 Probiotica USD ($) Y	Mar. 31, 2012 Probiotica BRL Y	Feb. 01, 2012 Probiotica USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2012 Probiotica BRL	Mar. 31, 2012 Probiotica Minimum	Mar. 31, 2012 Probiotica Maximum	Mar. 31, 2012 Probiotica Product brands Y	Feb. 01, 2012 Probiotica Product brands USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 Probiotica Partner relationships Y	Feb. 01, 2012 Probiotica Partner relationships USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 Probiotica Corporate brands Y	Feb. 01, 2012 Probiotica Corporate brands USD ($)
Business Combinations
Upfront payment						$ 164,000,000	€ 125,000,000								$ 85,900,000	150,000,000
Working capital adjustment															4,700,000	8,100,000
Potential future milestone payments						19,700,000	15,000,000
Fair value of contingent consideration						16,800,000
Period of exclusive supply agreement (in years)				10
Percentage of sales relating to the acquired assets						90.00%	90.00%
Assets acquired and liabilities assumed
Cash and cash equivalents															1,125,000
Accounts receivable															11,078,000
Inventories															5,438,000
Property, plant and equipment						1,204,000									2,579,000
Deferred income taxes, net						536,000									460,000
Identifiable intangible assets						169,276,000			153,140,000		16,136,000				37,938,000					4,355,000		14,557,000		19,026,000
Indemnification assets															27,901,000
Current liabilities															(6,417,000)
Liability for uncertain tax position															(6,682,000)
Other non-current liabilities															(27,901,000)
Total identifiable net assets						171,016,000									45,519,000
Goodwill						9,739,000									45,104,000
Total fair value of consideration transferred						180,755,000									90,623,000
Fair value of accounts receivable acquired															11,100,000
Gross contractual amount of trade accounts receivable acquired															12,100,000
Expected uncollectible of trade accounts receivable acquired															1,000,000
Estimated weighted-average useful life (in years)					10			11		5			11	11					10		5		15
Time restriction of contractual arrangement dependent on nature of claim (in years)																	2	5
Acquisition-related costs	7,505,000	1,507,000	500,000									600,000
Revenues of acquiree since acquisition date			1,200,000									7,800,000
Earnings of acquiree since acquisition date			(1,000,000)
Effects of the acquisition accounting adjustments			900,000
Purchase price has been placed in escrow in accordance with the indemnification provisions												$ 12,900,000	$ 12,900,000	22,500,000
Percentage of purchase price that has been placed in escrow in accordance with the indemnification provisions													50.00%	50.00%
Period of escrow account (in years)													2	2