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Other income: (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Schedule of Other Income

     Three months ended September 30,      Nine months ended September 30,  
     2018      2017      2018      2017  
     (U.S. $ in millions)      (U.S. $ in millions)  

Gain on divestitures, net of divestitures related costs (1)

    $ 31        —        $ 114        —    

Section 8 and similar payments (2)

      1        —          195        83  

Gain on sale of assets

      1        —          9        —    

Other, net

      2        4        16        17  
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total other income

    $ 35      $ 4      $ 334      $ 100  
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

(1)

Mainly related to the divestment of the women’s health business and the PGT dissolution in 2018. See note 3.
(2)

Section 8 of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulation relates to recoveries of lost revenue related to patent infringement proceedings in Canada.