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CREDIT FACILITIES - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) | Jun. 30, 2023 | May 10, 2022 | Aug. 02, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022
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Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Weighted average interest rate | 8.51% |  |  | 7.84%
XIIDRA® and Certain Other Ophthalmology Assets Acquisition |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Expected up-front payment | $ 1,750,000,000 |  |  |
Revolving Credit Facility |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Minimum aggregate amount of loans outstanding of total commitments, percent |  | 40.00% |  |
Maximum first lien net leverage ratio |  | 4.50 |  |
Maximum total leverage ratio |  | 4.00 |  |
Maximum total leverage ratio two, if circumstances met |  | 4.50 |  |
Minimum interest coverage ratio |  | 3.00 |  |
Term Loan Due May 2027 |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt, principal amount |  | $ 2,500,000,000 |  |
Term |  | 5 years |  |
Principal amount outstanding | 2,475,000,000 |  |  | $ 2,488,000,000
Long-term debt | $ 2,429,000,000 |  |  | $ 2,436,000,000
Debt, interest rate | 8.59% |  |  |
Annual amortization rate (as a percent) |  | 1.00% |  |
Quarterly amortization payments |  | $ 25,000,000 |  |
Remaining quarterly amortization payments | $ 94,000,000 |  |  |
Term Loan Due May 2027 | SOFR, CDOR, EURIBOR and SONIA Rates | Minimum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Variable rate (as a percent) |  | 1.015% |  |
Term Loan Due May 2027 | SOFR, CDOR, EURIBOR and SONIA Rates | Maximum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Variable rate (as a percent) |  | 1.475% |  |
Term Loan Due May 2027 | U.S. Dollar Base Rate and Canadian Dollar Prime Rate | Minimum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Variable rate (as a percent) |  | 0.015% |  |
Term Loan Due May 2027 | U.S. Dollar Base Rate and Canadian Dollar Prime Rate | Maximum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Variable rate (as a percent) |  | 0.475% |  |
Term Loan Due May 2027 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap Rate |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Variable rate (as a percent) |  | 3.25% |  |
Credit spread adjustment (as a percent) |  | 0.10% |  |
Term Loan Due May 2027 | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap Rate | Minimum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Variable rate (as a percent) |  | 0.50% |  |
Term Loan Due May 2027 | Base Rate |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Variable rate (as a percent) |  | 2.25% |  |
Term Loan Due May 2027 | Base Rate | Minimum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Variable rate (as a percent) |  | 1.50% |  |
Revolving Credit Facility Due May 2027 | Revolving Credit Facility |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Term |  | 5 years |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity |  | $ 500,000,000 |  |
Principal amount outstanding | 200,000,000 |  |  |
Remaining borrowings | $ 275,000,000 |  |  |
Facility fee (as a percent) |  | 0.25% |  |
Percentage of net cash proceeds of insurance and condemnation proceeds for property or asset losses |  | 100.00% |  |
Percentage of cash proceeds from incurrence of debt |  | 100.00% |  |
Percentage of annual excess cash flow |  | 50.00% |  |
Percentage of cash proceeds from asset sales outside the ordinary course of business payable as mandatory prepayments |  | 100.00% |  |
Revolving Credit Facility Due May 2027 | Revolving Credit Facility | Subsequent Event |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Principal amount outstanding |  |  | $ 250,000,000 |
Remaining borrowings |  |  | 225,000,000 |
Revolving Credit Facility Due May 2027 | Revolving Credit Facility | Minimum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt, interest rate | 7.43% |  |  |
Commitment fee (as a percent) |  | 0.11% |  |
Revolving Credit Facility Due May 2027 | Revolving Credit Facility | Maximum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt, interest rate | 7.50% |  |  |
Commitment fee (as a percent) |  | 0.275% |  |
Revolving Credit Facility Due May 2027 | Revolving Credit Facility | SOFR, CDOR, EURIBOR and SONIA Rates |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Variable rate (as a percent) |  | 0.00% |  |
Revolving Credit Facility Due May 2027 | Revolving Credit Facility | SOFR, CDOR, EURIBOR and SONIA Rates | Minimum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Variable rate (as a percent) |  | 1.75% |  |
Revolving Credit Facility Due May 2027 | Revolving Credit Facility | SOFR, CDOR, EURIBOR and SONIA Rates | Maximum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Variable rate (as a percent) |  | 2.75% |  |
Revolving Credit Facility Due May 2027 | Revolving Credit Facility | U.S. Dollar Base Rate and Canadian Dollar Prime Rate |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Variable rate (as a percent) |  | 1.00% |  |
Revolving Credit Facility Due May 2027 | Revolving Credit Facility | U.S. Dollar Base Rate and Canadian Dollar Prime Rate | Minimum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Variable rate (as a percent) |  | 0.75% |  |
Revolving Credit Facility Due May 2027 | Revolving Credit Facility | U.S. Dollar Base Rate and Canadian Dollar Prime Rate | Maximum |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Variable rate (as a percent) |  | 1.75% |  |
Revolving Credit Facility Due May 2027 | Revolving Credit Facility | Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap Rate |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Credit spread adjustment (as a percent) |  | 0.10% |  |
Revolving Credit Facility Due May 2027 | Letter of Credit |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | $ 25,000,000 |  |  |
Revolving Credit Facility Due May 2027 | Letter of Credit | Subsequent Event |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Long-term debt |  |  | $ 25,000,000 |

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