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Fair Value Measurement - Summary of Fair Value of Financial Liabilities Measured Using Level 3 Inputs (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value at the beginning of the period	$ (497)
Revaluation of debt securities	3
Fair value at the end of the period	(392)
Actavis Generics [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Actavis Generics transaction	106
Eagle Transaction [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Adjustments to provisions for contingent consideration	(35)
Settlement of contingent consideration	$ 31

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Amount of settlements of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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