INVENTORIES (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
INVENTORIES
Raw materials	$ 79,769,000	$ 63,368,000
Work in process	45,890,000	64,108,000
Finished goods	279,774,000	250,555,000
Inventories, gross	405,433,000	378,031,000
Less allowance for obsolescence	(31,904,000)	(22,819,000)
Inventories, net	373,529,000	355,212,000
Acquisition accounting adjustment on the Valeant inventories that were sold	$ 33,000,000