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Collaborative Arrangements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Collaborative Arrangements [Abstract] |
Schedule of Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions | Summarized information related to this collaboration is as follows:
Year Ended December 31 | 2017
Alliance revenues (net of commercialization costs) | $ | 20 |
Materials and production costs | 4 |
Marketing and administrative expenses | 1 |
Research and development expenses | 2,419 |
Receivables from AstraZeneca | 12 |
Payables to AstraZeneca | 643 |
Expenses do not include all amounts attributed to activities related to the collaboration, rather only the amounts relating to payments between partners. Amounts in materials and production costs include amortization of related intangible assets. Summarized information related to this collaboration is as follows:
Years Ended December 31 | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Net product sales recorded by Merck | $ | 149 |  |  | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | — |
Merck’s profit share of sales in Bayer's marketing territories | 151 |  |  | 81 |  |  | 30 |
Total sales | 300 |  |  | 169 |  |  | 30 |
Materials and production costs | 99 |  |  | 133 |  |  | 67 |
Marketing and administrative expenses | 27 |  |  | 26 |  |  | 3 |
Research and development expenses | 96 |  |  | 45 |  |  | 3 |
Receivables from Bayer | 33 |  |  | — |  |  |
Payables to Bayer | 352 |  |  | 353 |  |  |  |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of contractual arrangements that involve two or more parties that both: (i) actively participate in a joint operating activity and (ii) are exposed to significant risks and rewards that depend on the commercial success of the joint operating activity. Additionally, the element may include all other transactions of the entity categorized collectively, if such comparison of collaborative arrangements as a component of all transactions of the entity is desired. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 808 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6931272&loc=SL5834143-161434 + Details
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