XML 35 R36.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v2.4.1.9

4. Intangible Assets, Goodwill and Other (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 531,600,000us-gaap_GoodwillGross	$ 528,600,000us-gaap_GoodwillGross
Accumulated impairment loss	(28,200,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss	(28,200,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss
Goodwill, net	503,422,000us-gaap_Goodwill	500,441,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Currency fluctuations	3,000,000us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
Life Science [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill	207,400,000us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bio_LifeScienceMember	207,700,000us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bio_LifeScienceMember
Accumulated impairment loss	(27,200,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bio_LifeScienceMember	(27,200,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bio_LifeScienceMember
Goodwill, net	180,200,000us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bio_LifeScienceMember	180,500,000us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bio_LifeScienceMember
Currency fluctuations	(300,000)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bio_LifeScienceMember
Clinical Diagnostics [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Goodwill	324,200,000us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bio_ClinicalDiagnosticsMember	320,900,000us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bio_ClinicalDiagnosticsMember
Accumulated impairment loss	(1,000,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bio_ClinicalDiagnosticsMember	(1,000,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bio_ClinicalDiagnosticsMember
Goodwill, net	323,200,000us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bio_ClinicalDiagnosticsMember	319,900,000us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bio_ClinicalDiagnosticsMember
Currency fluctuations	$ 3,300,000us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bio_ClinicalDiagnosticsMember

X

- Definition

Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 20

-Section 45

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6388280&loc=d3e13770-109266

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_Goodwill
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

X

- Definition

Amount before accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (a,h)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_GoodwillGross
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

X

- Definition

Amount of accumulated impairment loss for an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (a,h)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_GoodwillLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

Amount of increase (decrease) from foreign currency translation adjustments of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (f)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267

+ Details

Name:	us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis=bio_ClinicalDiagnosticsMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis=bio_LifeScienceMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: