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Description of Operations	12 Months Ended
Description of Operations	Dec. 31, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of Operations	Description of Operations Shire plc and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as either “Shire”, or the “Company”) is the leading global biotechnology company focused on serving people with rare diseases and other highly specialized conditions across core therapeutic areas including Hematology, Genetic Diseases, Neuroscience, Immunology, Internal Medicine, Ophthalmology, and Oncology. Some of the Company's marketed products include ADVATE/ADYNOVATE,VONVENDI and FEIBA for hematology, CINRYZE, ELAPRASE and REPLAGAL for genetic diseases, VYVANSE and ADDERALL XR for neuroscience, GAMMAGARD and HYQVIA for immunology, LIALDA/MEZAVANT and PENTASA for internal medicine, XIIDRA for ophthalmology and ONCASPAR and ONYVIDE for oncology. The Company has grown both organically and through acquisition, completing a series of major transactions that have brought therapeutic, geographic and pipeline growth and diversification. The Company will continue to conduct its own research and development (“R&D”) focused on rare diseases and other highly specialized conditions, as well as evaluate companies, products and pipeline opportunities that offer a strategic fit and have the potential to deliver value to all of the Company’s stakeholders: patients, physicians, policy makers, payers, partners, investors and employees.