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Other income
 3 Months Ended
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.