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INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of components of finite-lived intangible assets
The major components of intangible assets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 consist of:
 Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Useful
Lives
(Years)
20222021
(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 brands5$20,840 $(17,196)$3,644 $20,842 $(16,169)$4,673 
Corporate brands5899 (542)357 902 (473)429 
Product rights/patents43,347 (3,251)96 3,321 (3,174)147 
Partner relationships0149 (149)— 158 (158)— 
Technology and other8201 (196)207 (206)
Total finite-lived intangible assets25,436 (21,334)4,102 25,430 (20,180)5,250 
B&L TrademarkNA1,698 — 1,698 1,698 — 1,698 
 $27,134 $(21,334)$5,800 $27,128 $(20,180)$6,948 
Schedule of components of indefinite-lived intangible assets
The major components of intangible assets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 consist of:
 Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Useful
Lives
(Years)
20222021
(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 brands5$20,840 $(17,196)$3,644 $20,842 $(16,169)$4,673 
Corporate brands5899 (542)357 902 (473)429 
Product rights/patents43,347 (3,251)96 3,321 (3,174)147 
Partner relationships0149 (149)— 158 (158)— 
Technology and other8201 (196)207 (206)
Total finite-lived intangible assets25,436 (21,334)4,102 25,430 (20,180)5,250 
B&L TrademarkNA1,698 — 1,698 1,698 — 1,698 
 $27,134 $(21,334)$5,800 $27,128 $(20,180)$6,948 
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)20232024202520262027ThereafterTotal
Amortization$1,027 $904 $798 $670 $633 $70 $4,102 
Schedule of changes in the carrying amount of goodwill
The changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:
(in millions)Bausch +
Lomb/
International
Bausch +
Lomb
SalixInternationalOrtho DermatologicsSolta MedicalDiversified ProductsTotal
Balance, January 1, 2020$5,786 $— $3,159 $— $1,267 $— $2,914 13,126 
Assets held for sale reclassified to goodwill18 — — — — — — 18 
Goodwill reclassified to assets held for sale (Note 3)(217)— — — — — — (217)
Foreign exchange and other117 — — — — — — 117 
Balance, December 31, 20205,704 — 3,159 — 1,267 — 2,914 13,044 
Realignment of segment goodwill(5,704)5,395 — 887 — — (578)— 
Impairment— — — — (469)— — (469)
Foreign exchange and other— (77)— (62)— — 21 (118)
Balance, December 31, 2021— 5,318 3,159 825 798 — 2,357 12,457 
Realignment of segment goodwill— — — — (798)115 683 — 
Additions— — — — — — 
Impairment— — — — — — (824)(824)
Foreign exchange and other— (77)— (36)— — 22 (91)
Balance, December 31, 2022$— $5,246 $3,159 $789 $— $115 $2,238 $11,547