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Number of lawsuits in a particular litigation or loss contingency.

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Loss Contingency, Number Of Requests For Information

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Loss Contingency, Number Of Similar Lawsuits

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Loss Contingency, Number of Demands

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Number of Companies

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Number of Individuals

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Number of New Application

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Number of Patents

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The amount or range of possible amounts of gain that could be realized upon the resolution of a contingency.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The number of claims settled and dismissed during the period.

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Amount of damages awarded to the plaintiff in the legal matter.

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Number of defendants named in a legal action.

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Contingencies (Details) R$ in Millions, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Contingencies (Details) R$ in Millions, $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) company request patent demand application	Jul. 31, 2019 BRL (R$)	Jul. 31, 2018 BRL (R$)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) case company request patent lawsuit plaintiff demand defendant application
Dr Reddy's Lab
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Claims settled and dismissed \| case				2
Japanese Administrative Proceedings
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of demands \| demand	3			3
Number of patents \| patent	2			2
Adocia S.A
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of patents \| patent	2			2
Amount of claim \| $	$ 1,390			$ 1,390
Gain contingency, unrecorded amount \| $	$ 188			$ 188
Insulin Pricing Litigation and Proceedings
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of requests for information from Committee on Energy and Commerce \| request	2			2
U.S. \| Alimta®
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of new application \| application	10			10
Number of defendants \| defendant				2
Number of companies \| company	5			5
Brazil \| Employee Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages awarded, value	$ 130		R$ 500
Number of lawsuits \| lawsuit				30
Plaintiff Appealing Decision of Court \| Brazil \| Employee Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of similar lawsuits \| lawsuit				2
Number of individuals				410
Plaintiff Appealing Decision of Court \| Brazil \| Employee Litigation, Similar Lawsuit One
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of individuals				305
Plaintiff Appealing Decision of Court \| Brazil \| Employee Litigation, Similar Lawsuit Two
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of individuals				105
Subsequent Event \| Brazil \| Employee Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Damages awarded, value \| R$		R$ 500