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Dispositions (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 01, 2017
Assets Held-for-Sale [Abstract] |
Operating Profit of Disposed Business | Income from operations of the disposed business presented below represents the pretax profit of the business as it was operated prior to the date of disposition. The operating expenses include only those that were incurred directly by and were retained by the disposed business and are now incurred by Grifols. As noted above, the Company is performing a number of transition services and the financial impact from these services are not included in the amounts presented below and the Company is in effect serving as a contract manufacturer of assays for Grifols for a two to three year period. Income from operations of the disposed business for the three and nine month periods ended July 1, 2017 and June 25, 2016 was as follows:
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended
| July 1, 2017 | June 25, 2016 | July 1, 2017 | June 25, 2016
Income from operations | $ | 0.0 |  | $ | 22.9 |  | $ | 45.8 |  | $ | 77.3 |

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