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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Stock-Based Compensation Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	$ 140.6	$ 121.4
Income tax benefit	28.0	27.2
Share-based compensation expense after income taxes	112.6	94.2
Cost of sales – products | Cost of sales – products (before capitalization)
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	23.0	18.7
Cost of sales – products | Amounts capitalized into inventory
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	(18.8)	0.0
Cost of sales – products | Amounts recognized in income for amounts previously capitalized in inventory
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	12.6	0.0
Total cost of sales
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	23.8	24.3
Total cost of sales | Cost of sales – products
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	16.8	18.7
Total cost of sales | Cost of sales – services
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	7.0	5.6
Selling, general, and administrative
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	66.7	60.3
Research and development
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense before income taxes	$ 50.1	$ 36.8

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