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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Assets (Liabilities)

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences assumed at the acquisition date.

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The amount of identifiable intangible assets recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Percentage of equity in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date in a business combination.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Business combinations (Textual) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 14,699	$ 14,761	$ 14,761	$ 14,751
Kirin-Amgen, Inc. (K-A) [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired	50.00%
Ownership percentage			50.00%
Kirin-Amgen, Inc. (K-A) [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interests acquired	50.00%
Ownership interest in acquiree prior to acquisition (as a percent)	50.00%
Net gain on remeasurement	$ 80
Cash paid	780
Estimated fair values of contingent consideration obligations	45
Fair value of assets acquired, cash	977
Fair value of liabilities assumed, deferred tax liabilities	102
Fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, net other assets and liabilities	131
Goodwill	6
Kirin-Amgen, Inc. (K-A) [Member] \| Licensing rights [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair value of assets acquired, licensing rights	$ 470
Weighted average period of amortization	4 years