15. Restructuring Costs (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]

Restructuring and Related Costs [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the activity of our European and North American reorganization restructuring reserves for severance (in millions):



	2019
	Life Science			Clinical Diagnostics			Total
Balance as of January 1	$	—		$	—		$	—
Charged to expense	6.2			19.1			25.3
Cash payments	(0.4		)	(0.7		)	(1.1		)
Reserve transferred from European Reorganization restructuring costs reserve (see above)	0.3			0.4			0.7
Foreign currency translation losses	0.1			0.3			0.4
Balance as of December 31	$	6.2		$	19.1		$	25.3

The following table summarizes the activity of our European reorganization restructuring reserves for severance (in millions):



	2019									2018
	Life Science			Clinical Diagnostics			Total			Life Science			Clinical Diagnostics			Total
Balance as of January 1	$	0.6		$	1.0		$	1.6		$	2.2		$	4.1		$	6.3
Adjustment to expense	—			(0.1		)	(0.1		)	(0.1		)	(0.1		)	(0.2		)
Cash payments	(0.3		)	(0.5		)	(0.8		)	(1.5		)	(2.9		)	(4.4		)
Reserve transferred to European and North American Reorganization restructuring costs reserve (see below)	(0.3		)	(0.4		)	(0.7		)	—			—			—
Foreign currency translation gains	—			—			—			—			(0.1		)	(0.1		)
Balance as of December 31	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	0.6		$	1.0		$	1.6

The following table summarizes the activity for the termination of the diagnostics research and development project and the facility closures restructuring reserves for severance and exit costs (in millions):



	2019			2018
Balance as of January 1	$	11.5		$	14.1
Charged to expense	—			5.8
Adjustment to expense	(0.4		)	0.3
Cash payments	(7.7		)	(8.4		)
Foreign currency translation gains	(0.2		)	(0.3		)
Balance as of December 31	$	3.2		$	11.5