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Identifiable Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2018
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Amortization of intangible assets useful life |  |  | 12 years
Amortization of intangible assets | $ 283 | $ 310 |
IPR&D to product rights | 236 |  |
Impairment of intangible assets excluding goodwill | 469 | $ 206 |
Methyl ER [Member] |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
IPR&D to product rights | 174 |  |
Lenalidomide Product [Member] |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Impairment of intangible assets excluding goodwill | 125 |  |
In Process Research and Development [Member] |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Impairment of intangible assets excluding goodwill | 265 |  |
Actavis [Member] |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Impairment of intangible assets excluding goodwill | 140 |  |
Actavis [Member] | In Process Research and Development [Member] |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Business combination recognized identifiable assets | 1,935 |  |
Actavis [Member] | Identifiable product rights [Member] |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Impairment of intangible assets excluding goodwill | 204 |  |
Rimsa [Member] | In Process Research and Development [Member] |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Business combination recognized identifiable assets | 47 |  |
AUSTEDO [Member] | In Process Research and Development [Member] |  |  |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Business combination recognized identifiable assets | $ 211 |  |

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- Definition The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 28 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109223946&loc=d3e3602-108585 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16323-109275 Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6388964&loc=d3e16225-109274 + Details
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