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Revenues Other Revenues (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Other	$ 164.4	$ 90.0
Royalty Revenue	10.6	25.5
AbbVie
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Other	(4.7)	(5.9)
Samsung Bioepis
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Other	17.9	12.2
Other corporate revenues [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Other	$ 140.6	$ 58.2

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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