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Legal settlements and loss contingencies | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Legal settlements and loss contingencies | NOTE 15 – Legal settlements and loss contingencies: Legal settlements and loss contingencies for the three months ended March 31, 2018 resulted in income of $1.3 billion compared to expenses of $20 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017. The income in the first quarter of 2018 consisted primarily of the working capital adjustment with Allergan, the Rimsa settlement and a reversal of the reserve recorded in the second quarter of 2017 with respect to the carvedilol patent litigation, following the reversal of the verdict granting the award to GSK. As of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, an accrued amount for legal settlements and loss contingencies of $872 million and $1.2 billion, respectively, was recorded in accrued expenses.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for legal proceedings, legal contingencies, litigation, regulatory and environmental matters and other contingencies. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 450 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2127136 + Details
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