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Mar. 30, 2013 | Mar. 24, 2012 | Mar. 30, 2013 | Mar. 24, 2012 | Jan. 03, 2013 | Mar. 30, 2013 Property, plant and equipment [Member] | Mar. 30, 2013 Land and buildings [Member] | Dec. 31, 2012 Chindex Medical Limited [Member] | Aug. 01, 2012 Gen-Probe Incorporated [Member] | Mar. 30, 2013 Gen-Probe Incorporated [Member] | Jan. 31, 2013 Gen-Probe Incorporated [Member] | Oct. 31, 2012 Gen-Probe Incorporated [Member] | Mar. 30, 2013 Gen-Probe Incorporated [Member] Minimum [Member] | Mar. 30, 2013 Gen-Probe Incorporated [Member] Maximum [Member] | Mar. 30, 2013 Gen-Probe Incorporated [Member] Developed technology [Member] | Mar. 30, 2013 Gen-Probe Incorporated [Member] Customer contract [Member] | Mar. 30, 2013 Gen-Probe Incorporated [Member] Trade names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash paid per share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 82.75 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount paid to shareholders |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 3,800,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount paid to equity award holders |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 169,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net debt obtained by the Company to finance the acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3,480,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Direct transaction costs incurred |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 34,300,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Remaining fair value of stock options assumed to be recognized as compensation expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 23,200,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Vesting period |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years 6 months |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Risk free interest rate | 0.50% | 0.70% | 0.50% | 0.70% |  |  |  |  |  | 0.41% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expected volatility |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 39.90% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expected life |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years 7 months 6 days |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividend yield, rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average fair value of stock options, per share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 7.07 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Adjustment to valuation of intangibles |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Agreement to sell LIFECODES business to Immucor |  |  |  |  | 85,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent payment of an additional amount based on future revenue results |  |  |  |  | 10,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gain on the sale of LIFECODES business | 900,000 |  | 900,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assets held-for-sale |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,200,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property and equipment | 600,000 |  | 600,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate used for cash flow projections |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10.00% | 12.00% |  |  |
In-process Research and Development expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 227,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
In-process research and development, value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 27,000,000 | 7,000,000 |  |  |  |  |
Total cost of completion of IPR&D projects |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 46,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Expected number of years for project completion |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Finite-lived intangible assets, estimated useful life, years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 years 6 months | 13 years | 11 years
Fair value adjustment to increase the carrying amount |  |  |  |  |  | 107,900,000 | 70,600,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net purchase price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 4,500,000 | $ 3,972,176,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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- Definition Represents the cash paid to the shareholders of the acquired entity to acquire 100% of the outstanding common stock, and equity awards (less the respective exercise price of stock options, as applicable) pursuant to the terms of the acquisition agreement. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Property, plant and equipment that is held for sale apart from normal operations and anticipated to be sold in less than one year. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6892542&loc=d3e1107-107759 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 144 -Paragraph 46 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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- Definition The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(ii) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 123R -Paragraph A240 -Subparagraph e(2)(b) -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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