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Other income | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Other income | NOTE 18—Other income:
|  | Three months ended March 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | (U.S. $ in millions) |
Gain on divestitures, net of divestitures related costs (1) |  | $ | 93 |  |  |  | — |
Section 8 and similar payments (2) |  |  | 99 |  |  |  | 75 |
Gain on sale of assets |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | — |
Other, net |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | (3 | )
Total other income |  | $ | 203 |  |  | $ | 72 |
(1) | Gain related to the divestment of the women’s health business in 2018. See note 3.
(2) | Section 8 of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations relates to recoveries of lost revenue related to patent infringement proceedings in Canada.

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