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INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of components of finite-lived intangible assets | The major components of intangible assets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consist of:
| Weighted- Average Remaining Useful Lives (Years) |  | 2019 |  | 2018
(in millions) | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization and Impairments |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization and Impairments |  | Net Carrying Amount
Finite-lived intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Product brands | 7 |  | $ | 21,011 |  |  | $ | (13,544 | ) |  | $ | 7,467 |  |  | $ | 20,891 |  |  | $ | (11,958 | ) |  | $ | 8,933 |
Corporate brands | 8 |  | 930 |  |  | (338 | ) |  | 592 |  |  | 926 |  |  | (263 | ) |  | 663 |
Product rights/patents | 4 |  | 3,297 |  |  | (2,887 | ) |  | 410 |  |  | 3,292 |  |  | (2,658 | ) |  | 634 |
Partner relationships | 2 |  | 166 |  |  | (165 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | 168 |  |  | (166 | ) |  | 2 |
Technology and other | 3 |  | 209 |  |  | (189 | ) |  | 20 |  |  | 208 |  |  | (173 | ) |  | 35 |
Total finite-lived intangible assets |  |  | 25,613 |  |  | (17,123 | ) |  | 8,490 |  |  | 25,485 |  |  | (15,218 | ) |  | 10,267 |
Acquired IPR&D not in service | NA |  | 13 |  |  | — |  |  | 13 |  |  | 36 |  |  | — |  |  | 36 |
B&L Trademark | NA |  | 1,698 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,698 |  |  | 1,698 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,698 |
|  |  | $ | 27,324 |  |  | $ | (17,123 | ) |  | $ | 10,201 |  |  | $ | 27,219 |  |  | $ | (15,218 | ) |  | $ | 12,001 |
Schedule of components of indefinite-lived intangible assets | The major components of intangible assets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consist of:
| Weighted- Average Remaining Useful Lives (Years) |  | 2019 |  | 2018
(in millions) | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization and Impairments |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization and Impairments |  | Net Carrying Amount
Finite-lived intangible assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Product brands | 7 |  | $ | 21,011 |  |  | $ | (13,544 | ) |  | $ | 7,467 |  |  | $ | 20,891 |  |  | $ | (11,958 | ) |  | $ | 8,933 |
Corporate brands | 8 |  | 930 |  |  | (338 | ) |  | 592 |  |  | 926 |  |  | (263 | ) |  | 663 |
Product rights/patents | 4 |  | 3,297 |  |  | (2,887 | ) |  | 410 |  |  | 3,292 |  |  | (2,658 | ) |  | 634 |
Partner relationships | 2 |  | 166 |  |  | (165 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | 168 |  |  | (166 | ) |  | 2 |
Technology and other | 3 |  | 209 |  |  | (189 | ) |  | 20 |  |  | 208 |  |  | (173 | ) |  | 35 |
Total finite-lived intangible assets |  |  | 25,613 |  |  | (17,123 | ) |  | 8,490 |  |  | 25,485 |  |  | (15,218 | ) |  | 10,267 |
Acquired IPR&D not in service | NA |  | 13 |  |  | — |  |  | 13 |  |  | 36 |  |  | — |  |  | 36 |
B&L Trademark | NA |  | 1,698 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,698 |  |  | 1,698 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,698 |
|  |  | $ | 27,324 |  |  | $ | (17,123 | ) |  | $ | 10,201 |  |  | $ | 27,219 |  |  | $ | (15,218 | ) |  | $ | 12,001 |
Schedule of estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding years | Estimated amortization expense of finite-lived intangible assets for the five years ending December 31 and thereafter are as follows:
(in millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | Thereafter |  | Total
Amortization |  | $ | 1,624 |  |  | $ | 1,375 |  |  | $ | 1,224 |  |  | $ | 1,079 |  |  | $ | 950 |  |  | $ | 2,238 |  |  | $ | 8,490 |
Schedule of changes in the carrying amount of goodwill | The changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 were as follows:
(in millions) |  | Bausch + Lomb/ International |  | Branded Rx |  | U.S. Diversified Products |  | Salix |  | Ortho Dermatologics |  | Diversified Products |  | Total
Balance, January 1, 2017 |  | $ | 5,499 |  |  | $ | 7,265 |  |  | $ | 3,030 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 15,794 |
Realignment of segment goodwill |  | 264 |  |  | (264 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Goodwill reclassified to assets held for sale and subsequently disposed |  | (30 | ) |  | (61 | ) |  | (84 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (175 | )
Impairment of the former Branded Rx reporting unit |  | — |  |  | (312 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (312 | )
Foreign exchange and other |  | 283 |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 286 |
Balance, December 31, 2017 |  | 6,016 |  |  | 6,631 |  |  | 2,946 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 15,593 |
Impairment of the Salix and Ortho Dermatologics reporting units |  | — |  |  | (2,213 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,213 | )
Realignment of Global Solta reporting unit goodwill |  | (82 | ) |  | 115 |  |  | (33 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Goodwill reclassified to assets held for sale and subsequently disposed |  | (2 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2 | )
Realignment of segment goodwill |  | — |  |  | (4,533 | ) |  | (2,913 | ) |  | 3,156 |  |  | 1,267 |  |  | 3,023 |  |  | — |
Impairment of the Dentistry reporting unit |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (109 | ) |  | (109 | )
Foreign exchange and other |  | (127 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (127 | )
Balance, December 31, 2018 |  | 5,805 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,156 |  |  | 1,267 |  |  | 2,914 |  |  | 13,142 |
Acquisition of certain assets of Synergy |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |
Goodwill reclassified to assets held for sale (Note 4) |  | (18 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (18 | )
Foreign exchange and other |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1 | )
Balance, December 31, 2019 |  | $ | 5,786 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,159 |  |  | $ | 1,267 |  |  | $ | 2,914 |  |  | $ | 13,126 |

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