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Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2019
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Intangible Assets and Goodwill | At the end of 2019 and 2018, the gross and net amounts of intangible assets were:
(Dollars in Millions) |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Intangible assets with definite lives: |  |  |  |  |  |
Patents and trademarks — gross |  | $ | 36,634 |  |  | 35,194 |
Less accumulated amortization |  | 13,154 |  |  | 9,784 |
Patents and trademarks — net |  | $ | 23,480 |  |  | 25,410 |
Customer relationships and other intangibles — gross |  | $ | 22,056 |  |  | 21,334 |
Less accumulated amortization |  | 9,462 |  |  | 8,323 |
Customer relationships and other intangibles — net* |  | $ | 12,594 |  |  | 13,011 |
Intangible assets with indefinite lives: |  |  |  |  |  |
Trademarks |  | $ | 6,922 |  |  | 6,937 |
Purchased in-process research and development(1) |  | 4,647 |  |  | 2,253 |
Total intangible assets with indefinite lives |  | $ | 11,569 |  |  | 9,190 |
Total intangible assets — net |  | $ | 47,643 |  |  | 47,611 |
*The majority is comprised of customer relationships (1) In the fiscal year 2019, the Company completed the acquisition of Auris Health, Inc. and recorded an in-process research and development intangible asset of $2.9 billion. Additionally, in the fiscal first quarter of 2019, the Company recorded an IPR&D impairment charge of $0.9 billion for the remaining intangible asset value related to the development program of AL-8176, an investigational drug for the treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) acquired with the 2014 acquisition of Alios Biopharma Inc. The impairment charge was based on additional information, including clinical data, which became available and led to the Company's decision to abandon the development of AL-8176. A partial impairment charge of $0.8 billion was previously recorded in the fiscal third quarter 2018 related to the development program of AL-8176.
Goodwill | Goodwill as of December 29, 2019 and December 30, 2018, as allocated by segment of business, was as follows:
(Dollars in Millions) |  | Consumer |  | Pharmaceutical |  | Medical Devices |  | Total
Goodwill at December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 8,875 |  |  | 9,109 |  |  | 13,922 |  |  | 31,906 |
Goodwill, related to acquisitions |  | 168 |  |  | 51 |  |  | 184 |  |  | 403 |
Goodwill, related to divestitures |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,348 | ) | (1) | (1,348 | )
Currency translation/other |  | (373 | ) |  | (97 | ) |  | (38 | ) |  | (508 | )
Goodwill at December 30, 2018 |  | $ | 8,670 |  |  | 9,063 |  |  | 12,720 |  |  | 30,453 |
Goodwill, related to acquisitions |  | 1,188 |  |  | 75 |  |  | 2,018 |  |  | 3,281 |
Currency translation/other |  | (122 | ) |  | 31 |  |  | (4 | ) |  | (95 | )
Goodwill at December 29, 2019 |  | $ | 9,736 |  |  | 9,169 |  |  | 14,734 |  |  | 33,639 |
(1) Goodwill of $1.0 billion is related to the divestiture of the LifeScan business. Goodwill of $0.3 billion is related to the divestiture of the Advanced Sterilization Products business which closed in 2019, and was pending and classified as assets held for sale on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 30, 2018.
Intangible Asset Amortization Expense | The estimated amortization expense for approved products, before tax, for the five succeeding years is approximately:
(Dollars in Millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2024
$4,500 |  | 4,300 |  | 4,100 |  | 4,100 |  | 4,000

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