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Bausch Health Companies Inc
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Bausch Health Companies Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets a range of pharmaceutical, medical device, and over-the-counter (OTC) products primarily in the therapeutic areas of eye health, gastroenterology, and dermatology. The company operates through four segments: Bausch + Lomb/International...

Founded: 1959
Full Time Employees: 21,700
Sector: Healthcare
Industry: Drug Manufacturers-Specialty & Generic

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      revenues
                                                                           
      product sales
    2,500,000,000 2,768,000,000 2,657,000,000 2,504,000,000 2,227,000,000 2,528,000,000 2,482,000,000 2,379,000,000 2,129,000,000 2,382,000,000 2,213,000,000 2,146,000,000 1,922,000,000 2,175,000,000 2,026,000,000 1,947,000,000 1,898,000,000 2,175,000,000 2,088,000,000 2,076,000,000 2,003,000,000 2,190,000,000 2,111,000,000 1,637,000,000 1,986,000,000 2,198,000,000 2,180,000,000 2,122,000,000 1,989,000,000 2,098,000,000 2,108,000,000 2,100,000,000 1,965,000,000 2,133,000,000 2,186,000,000 2,200,000,000 2,076,000,000 597,175,000 2,388,700,000 2,336,100,000 2,748,200,000 2,695,000,000 2,022,900,000 1,851,100,000 2,031,532,000 1,506,421,000 1,063,513,000 1,038,867,000 946,669,000 856,892,000 748,742,000 204,291,000 187,716,000 165,393,000 171,438,000 170,530,000 175,666,000   196,914,000 193,957,000   178,321,000 190,766,000 1,021,278,000 238,002,000   1,024,085,000  
      other revenues
    24,000,000 28,000,000 24,000,000 26,000,000 32,000,000 31,000,000 28,000,000 24,000,000 24,000,000 26,000,000 25,000,000 21,000,000 22,000,000 18,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000 21,000,000 23,000,000 24,000,000 24,000,000 23,000,000 27,000,000 27,000,000 26,000,000 26,000,000 29,000,000 30,000,000 27,000,000 23,000,000 28,000,000 28,000,000 30,000,000 30,000,000 33,000,000 33,000,000 33,000,000 7,875,000 31,500,000 35,500,000 38,600,000 37,400,000 33,300,000 35,100,000                            
      revenues - sum
    2,524,000,000 2,796,000,000 2,681,000,000 2,530,000,000 2,259,000,000 2,559,000,000 2,510,000,000 2,403,000,000 2,153,000,000 2,408,000,000 2,238,000,000 2,167,000,000 1,944,000,000   1,967,000,000     2,027,000,000 1,453,500,000 2,138,000,000   2,224,000,000 2,209,000,000 2,152,000,000 2,016,000,000        2,109,000,000            640,083,250 884,140,000                      
      expenses
                                                                           
      cost of goods sold
    721,000,000 783,000,000 735,000,000 748,000,000 683,000,000 711,000,000 682,000,000 708,000,000 628,000,000 695,000,000 612,000,000 640,000,000 572,000,000 645,000,000 578,000,000 570,000,000 543,000,000 619,000,000 574,000,000 604,000,000 564,000,000 637,000,000 578,000,000 482,000,000 505,000,000 622,000,000 571,000,000 580,000,000 524,000,000 592,000,000 573,000,000 584,000,000 560,000,000 637,000,000 650,000,000 635,000,000                50,669,000 50,057,000 44,840,000 52,087,000 47,468,000 43,877,000   53,735,000 62,272,000   50,458,000 54,534,000 211,152,000 56,416,000   223,281,000  
      cost of other revenues
    17,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 16,000,000 18,000,000 16,000,000 14,000,000 11,000,000 12,000,000 10,000,000 11,000,000 9,000,000 10,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 7,000,000 8,000,000 7,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 10,000,000 8,000,000 12,000,000 13,000,000 14,000,000 13,000,000 13,000,000 14,000,000 13,000,000 10,000,000 9,000,000 10,000,000 13,000,000 10,000,000 9,000,000 11,000,000 12,000,000 2,625,000 10,500,000 9,700,000 13,600,000 15,200,000 15,000,000                             
      selling, general and administrative
    861,000,000 882,000,000 795,000,000 894,000,000 867,000,000 820,000,000 850,000,000 832,000,000 794,000,000 766,000,000 715,000,000 711,000,000 725,000,000 666,000,000 661,000,000 676,000,000 622,000,000 680,000,000 653,000,000 685,000,000 606,000,000 636,000,000 572,000,000 526,000,000 633,000,000 668,000,000 648,000,000 651,000,000 587,000,000 626,000,000 614,000,000 642,000,000 591,000,000 639,000,000 623,000,000 659,000,000 661,000,000 167,875,000 671,500,000 812,600,000 697,600,000 685,500,000 504,100,000 482,000,000 450,255,000 355,637,000 257,373,000 241,899,000 204,697,000 188,660,000 185,440,000 44,774,000 49,498,000 43,244,000 44,031,000 44,661,000 56,633,000   43,597,000 31,418,000   33,660,000 46,329,000 238,441,000 49,594,000   238,441,000  
      research and development
    163,000,000 161,000,000 166,000,000 159,000,000 143,000,000 163,000,000 146,000,000 156,000,000 151,000,000 152,000,000 153,000,000 156,000,000 143,000,000 142,000,000 133,000,000 127,000,000 127,000,000 117,000,000 121,000,000 115,000,000 112,000,000 119,000,000 103,000,000 108,000,000 122,000,000 114,000,000 123,000,000 117,000,000 117,000,000 120,000,000 107,000,000 94,000,000 92,000,000 90,000,000 81,000,000 94,000,000 96,000,000 31,075,000 124,300,000 103,100,000 101,600,000 81,100,000 59,100,000 61,300,000 59,510,000 49,009,000 24,469,000 23,795,000 20,165,000 19,170,000 17,711,000 3,392,000 3,255,000 3,715,000 5,834,000 5,465,000 5,704,000   7,353,000 5,372,000   6,237,000 7,378,000 21,593,000 4,841,000   21,593,000  
      amortization of intangible assets
    241,000,000 236,000,000 253,000,000 256,000,000 256,000,000 259,000,000 274,000,000 270,000,000 274,000,000 282,000,000 253,000,000 269,000,000 273,000,000 313,000,000 290,000,000 302,000,000 310,000,000 320,000,000 338,000,000 360,000,000 357,000,000 382,000,000 391,000,000 436,000,000 436,000,000 445,000,000 475,000,000 488,000,000 489,000,000 502,000,000 658,000,000 741,000,000 743,000,000 775,000,000 657,000,000 623,000,000 635,000,000          303,598,000 326,175,000 299,485,000 218,187,000 210,570,000 33,121,000 21,778,000 15,503,000 15,642,000 12,342,000                
      goodwill impairments
    1,426,000,000         91,000,000 402,000,000   622,000,000 119,000,000 83,000,000     469,000,000         109,000,000   2,213,000,000  312,000,000                                     
      restructuring, integration and separation costs
    13,000,000 28,000,000 17,000,000 31,000,000 1,000,000 6,250,000 1,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000           9,000,000 12,000,000 9,000,000 2,000,000                                                 
      other expense
    32,000,000 65,000,000 80,000,000 -18,000,000 15,000,000 2,000,000 225,000,000 20,000,000   60,000,000 -83,000,000 23,000,000 29,000,000 4,000,000  2,000,000 44,000,000 -183,000,000 542,000,000 -30,000,000 308,000,000 16,000,000 107,000,000 23,000,000 1,399,000,000 10,000,000 8,000,000 -4,000,000    11,000,000 231,000,000 -325,000,000  -240,000,000      -232,000,000                             
      expenses - sum
    3,474,000,000 2,322,000,000 2,062,000,000 2,086,000,000 1,983,000,000 2,001,000,000 2,192,000,000 2,014,000,000 1,872,000,000 2,046,000,000 2,224,000,000 1,755,000,000 1,769,000,000   1,806,000,000     2,248,000,000 1,283,250,000 1,678,000,000   3,300,000,000 1,880,000,000 1,895,000,000 1,729,000,000                         119,704,000                  
      operating income
    -950,000,000 474,000,000 619,000,000 444,000,000 276,000,000 558,000,000 318,000,000 389,000,000 281,000,000 362,000,000 14,000,000 412,000,000 175,000,000 -236,000,000 244,000,000 161,000,000 285,000,000 367,000,000 574,000,000 -270,000,000 -221,000,000 -5,000,000 460,000,000 -27,000,000 248,000,000 -1,076,000,000 329,000,000 257,000,000 287,000,000 25,000,000 117,000,000 -245,000,000 -2,281,000,000 -322,000,000 38,000,000 175,000,000 211,000,000 -646,500,000 80,500,000 66,200,000 447,800,000 341,500,000 683,900,000 356,600,000 223,477,000 -891,498,000 141,513,000 117,006,000 -98,085,000 29,464,000 86,810,000 58,344,000 10,547,000 53,615,000 36,879,000 48,363,000    63,140,000    61,000,000 62,460,000 238,867,000 98,647,000   229,545,000  
      yoy
    -444.20% -15.05% 94.65% 14.14% -1.78% 54.14% 2171.43% -5.58% 60.57% -253.39% -94.26% 155.90% -38.60% -164.31% -57.49% -159.63% -228.96% -7440.00% 24.78% 900.00% -189.11% -99.54% 39.82% -110.51% -13.59% -4404.00% 181.20% -204.90% -112.58% -107.76% 207.89% -240.00% -1181.04% -50.19% -52.80% 164.35% -52.88% -289.31% -88.23% -81.44% 100.38% -138.31% 383.28% 204.77% -327.84% -3125.72% 63.01% 100.55% -1029.98% -45.05% 135.39% 20.64%    -23.40%    3.51%      4.06%      
      qoq
    -300.42% -23.42% 39.41% 60.87% -50.54% 75.47% -18.25% 38.43% -22.38% 2485.71% -96.60% 135.43% -174.15% -196.72% 51.55% -43.51% -22.34% -36.06% -312.59% 22.17% 4320.00% -101.09% -1803.70% -110.89% -123.05% -427.05% 28.02% -10.45% 1048.00% -78.63% -147.76% -89.26% 608.39% -947.37% -78.29% -17.06% -132.64% -903.11% 21.60% -85.22% 31.13% -50.07% 91.78% 59.57% -125.07% -729.98% 20.95% -219.29% -432.90% -66.06% 48.79% 453.18% -80.33% 45.38% -23.75%         -2.34% -73.85% 142.14%      
      operating margin %
    -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% NaN% NaN% Infinity% NaN% NaN% NaN% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% NaN% Infinity%  
      interest income
    10,000,000 9,000,000 15,000,000 13,000,000 11,000,000 9,000,000 7,000,000 8,000,000 9,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 7,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 525,000 2,100,000 900,000 700,000 900,000 800,000 1,800,000 2,687,000 2,686,000 1,054,000 1,596,000 2,687,000 1,156,000 1,020,000 238,000 251,000 334,000 737,000 1,783,000 3,412,000   3,468,000 4,943,000   3,789,000 6,070,000 29,199,000 9,761,000   29,199,000  
      interest expense
    -402,000,000 -397,000,000 -412,000,000 -465,000,000 -330,000,000 -337,000,000 -346,000,000 -350,000,000 -355,000,000 -363,000,000 -339,000,000 -319,000,000 -307,000,000 -307,000,000 -385,000,000 -410,000,000 -362,000,000 -343,000,000 -351,000,000 -364,000,000 -368,000,000 -379,000,000 -374,000,000 -385,000,000 -396,000,000 -391,000,000 -406,000,000 -409,000,000 -406,000,000 -414,000,000 -420,000,000 -435,000,000 -416,000,000 -448,000,000 -459,000,000 -459,000,000 -474,000,000 -118,125,000 -472,500,000 -426,600,000 -420,200,000 -412,700,000 -258,400,000 -246,500,000 -262,902,000 -249,306,000 -176,793,000 -155,315,000 -154,715,000 -116,042,000 -100,614,000  -4,049,000                   
      loss on extinguishment of debt
    -1,000,000                  -12,000,000 -45,000,000 -5,000,000 -8,000,000  -27,000,000 -24,000,000 -2,000,000  -33,000,000 -7,000,000 -44,000,000  -48,000,000 -27,000,000 -57,000,000 -1,000,000  -64,000,000       -93,700,000 -35,474,000 -8,161,000  -21,379,000 -17,625,000 -2,322,000                      
      foreign exchange and other
    -11,000,000 -11,000,000 -7,000,000 -30,000,000 -4,000,000 -21,000,000  -11,000,000 -15,000,000 -14,000,000 -7,000,000 -21,000,000 -10,000,000 -12,000,000 7,000,000 4,000,000 -7,000,000 -4,000,000 3,000,000 7,000,000 1,000,000 -4,000,000 -13,000,000  -13,000,000 -4,000,000 9,000,000 3,000,000  5,000,000  -9,000,000 27,000,000 20,000,000 19,000,000 39,000,000 29,000,000 3,275,000 13,100,000 -6,200,000 -34,000,000 5,600,000 -53,000,000 -13,400,000 -5,901,000 5,079,000 -10,082,000 1,439,000 1,263,000 -1,603,000 -4,238,000                     
      income before income taxes
    -1,354,000,000 56,000,000 218,000,000 140,000,000 -47,000,000 209,000,000 -21,000,000 48,000,000 -69,000,000 -7,000,000 -326,000,000 79,000,000 -136,000,000 -357,000,000 439,000,000 -129,000,000                                                        
      provision for income taxes
    -77,000,000 -159,000,000 -37,000,000 -12,000,000 -39,000,000 -111,000,000 -71,000,000 -49,000,000 -8,000,000 -45,250,000 -56,000,000                                           12,300,000  4,600,000 5,600,000   5,400,000 700,000   3,500,000  14,500,000 5,200,000   14,500,000  
      net income
    -1,431,000,000 -103,000,000 181,000,000 128,000,000 -86,000,000 98,000,000 -92,000,000 -1,000,000 -77,000,000 -47,000,000 -382,000,000 27,000,000 -209,000,000 -410,000,000 403,000,000 -139,000,000 -66,000,000 72,000,000 191,000,000 -593,000,000 -607,000,000 -152,000,000 70,000,000 -325,000,000 -152,000,000 -1,517,000,000 -48,000,000 -170,000,000 -48,000,000 -342,000,000 -351,000,000 -872,000,000 -2,691,000,000 512,000,000 1,300,000,000 -37,000,000 629,000,000 -2,104,000,000 -304,000,000 -372,900,000 51,700,000 -51,600,000 276,400,000 -20,300,000 124,970,000 -971,975,000 10,866,000 -27,530,000 -89,142,000 7,645,000 -21,607,000 40,362,000 24,090,000 39,003,000 120,380,000 48,437,000 -25,289,000   56,376,000 -31,971,000   65,867,000 67,824,000 211,626,000 93,819,000   203,948,000  
      yoy
    1563.95% -205.10% -296.74% -12900.00% 11.69% -308.51% -75.92% -103.70% -63.16% -88.54% -194.79% -119.42% 216.67% -669.44% 110.99% -76.56% -89.13% -147.37% 172.86% 82.46% 299.34% -89.98% -245.83% 91.18% 216.67% 343.57% -86.32% -80.50% -98.22% -166.80% -127.00% 2256.76% -527.82% -124.33% -527.63% -90.08% 1116.63% 3977.52% -209.99% 1736.95% -58.63% -94.69% 2443.71% -26.26% -240.19% -12813.87% -150.29% -168.21% -470.04% -80.40% -117.95% -16.67% -195.26%   -14.08% -20.90%   -14.41% -147.14%     3.76%      
      qoq
    1289.32% -156.91% 41.41% -248.84% -187.76% -206.52% 9100.00% -98.70% 63.83% -87.70% -1514.81% -112.92% -49.02% -201.74% -389.93% 110.61% -191.67% -62.30% -132.21% -2.31% 299.34% -317.14% -121.54% 113.82% -89.98% 3060.42% -71.76% 254.17% -85.96% -2.56% -59.75% -67.60% -625.59% -60.62% -3613.51% -105.88% -129.90% 592.11% -18.48% -821.28% -200.19% -118.67% -1461.58% -116.24% -112.86% -9045.10% -139.47% -69.12% -1266.02% -135.38% -153.53% 67.55% -38.24% -67.60% 148.53% -291.53%    -276.33%    -2.89% -67.95% 125.57%      
      net income margin %
    -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% NaN% NaN% Infinity% -Infinity% NaN% NaN% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% NaN% Infinity%  
      net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
    8,000,000 -9,000,000 -2,000,000 20,000,000 28,000,000 -5,000,000 7,000,000 11,000,000 13,000,000 8,000,000 4,000,000 -1,000,000 8,000,000     -2,000,000 -3,000,000    1,000,000   -1,500,000 -1,000,000   -500,000 1,000,000                                         
      net loss attributable to bausch health companies inc.
    -1,423,000,000    -58,000,000 93,000,000 -85,000,000  -64,000,000    -201,000,000   -145,000,000 -69,000,000   -595,000,000 -610,000,000   -326,000,000 -152,000,000 -68,000,000 -49,000,000 -171,000,000 -52,000,000                                           
      basic and diluted loss per share attributable to bausch health companies inc.
    -3.82    -0.16 0.25 -0.23  -0.17    -0.55   -0.4 -0.19   -1.66 -1.71   -0.92 -0.43 -0.193 -0.14                                             
      basic and diluted weighted-average common shares
    372.8    369.6 368 368.4  366.8 364.9   363.3 362  362.2 360.8 358.9  359.1 356.8 355  355.3 353.4  352.4 352.1                                            
      asset impairments
     7,000,000 1,000,000   23,000,000  5,000,000 1,000,000 13,500,000 4,000,000 37,000,000 13,000,000         4,250,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 14,000,000 26,000,000 33,000,000 13,000,000 3,000,000 134,000,000 89,000,000 301,000,000 44,000,000 85,000,000 406,000,000 85,000,000 138,000,000                                   
      gain on extinguishment of debt
     -19,000,000 3,000,000 178,000,000    12,000,000 11,000,000     192,000,000 570,000,000 113,000,000                                                        
      net income attributable to bausch health companies inc.
     -112,000,000 179,000,000 148,000,000    10,000,000  -138,250,000 -378,000,000 26,000,000  46,250,000 399,000,000   -254,250,000 188,000,000   -101,750,000 71,000,000       -344,000,000 -350,000,000 -873,000,000                                        
      earnings per share attributable to bausch health companies inc.
                                                                           
      basic
     -0.31 0.48 0.4    0.03  -0.38 -1.03 0.07  0.128 1.1   -0.71 0.52   -0.288 0.2       -0.98 -1 -2.49 -7.68 1.46 3.71 -0.11 1.8 -6.06 -0.88 -1.08 0.14 -0.15 0.82  0.43 -2.92                          
      diluted
     -0.3 0.48 0.4    0.03  -0.38 -1.03 0.07  0.128 1.1   -0.71 0.52   -0.288 0.2       -0.98 -1 -2.49 -7.68 1.45 3.69 -0.11 1.79 -6.06 -0.88 -1.08 0.14 -0.15 0.81  0.43 -2.92                          
      weighted-average common shares
                                                                           
      basic
     370.9 371.3 370.9    367.9   365.4 364.8   362.5    359.6    355.6   352.1   351.3 351.3 351.5 351.3 350.7 350.2 350.4 350.1 349.8  345 344.9 344.9 344.4 335.4  320,996 333,643 308,153  305,446 304,075 304,816 158,231 158,224 158,218 158,495 158,715 160,709    161,024   161,020 160,847 160,060    160,060  
      diluted
     375 375.5 373.1    370.2   365.4 367.1   363.4    364    357.8   352.1   351.3 351.3 351.5 351.3 350.7 351.8 352.3 350.1 350.5  345 344.9 351 344.4 341.3  320,996 333,643 314,447  305,446 311,743 304,816 158,652 158,331 158,270 158,495 158,715 160,709    161,024   161,020 160,988 160,078    160,078  
      restructuring, integration, separation and ipo costs
             22,000,000 14,000,000 16,000,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 35,000,000 13,000,000 21,000,000 8,000,000                                                     
      benefit from income taxes
               -52,000,000 -73,000,000 -53,000,000 -36,000,000 -10,000,000 16,000,000 51,000,000 -25,000,000 77,000,000 -16,000,000 242,000,000 -5,000,000 112,000,000 26,000,000 -47,000,000 18,000,000 9,000,000 74,000,000 84,000,000 -51,000,000 -138,000,000 -3,000,000       7,200,000            7,500,000 3,700,000            3,800,000       
      asset impairments, including loss on assets held for sale
                  1,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 21,000,000 18,000,000 47,000,000 148,000,000                                                   
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                  -4,000,000 -6,000,000 -3,000,000   -2,000,000 -3,000,000   -1,000,000    -1,000,000 -4,000,000   -1,000,000                                        
      income before provision for income taxes
                    -82,000,000                                     51,303,000  53,037,000    61,776,000            
      income before benefit from income taxes
                     -261,250,000 216,000,000   -135,000,000 75,000,000                 -365,700,000            47,862,000 27,790,000                   
      loss before benefit from income taxes
                       -670,000,000 -591,000,000   -437,000,000 -178,000,000 -1,470,000,000 -66,000,000 -179,000,000 -122,000,000 -426,000,000 -300,000,000 -734,000,000 -2,694,000,000                                       
      acquisition-related contingent consideration
                         22,000,000 2,000,000 11,000,000 13,000,000 10,000,000 3,000,000 20,000,000 -21,000,000 14,000,000 -19,000,000 -6,000,000 2,000,000 8,000,000 -238,000,000 -49,000,000 -10,000,000 1,725,000 6,900,000 2,400,000 3,800,000 11,700,000 4,000,000 8,900,000 4,252,000 -34,995,000 3,669,000 -2,185,000 -28,464,000 5,630,000 7,729,000                     
      restructuring and integration costs
                           7,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 20,000,000 6,000,000 3,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 10,000,000 6,000,000 18,000,000 18,000,000                                   
      basic and diluted loss per share attributable to bausch health companies inc.:
                               -0.49                                            
      acquired in-process research and development costs
                                1,000,000    1,000,000   1,000,000 4,000,000                                   
      loss per share attributable to bausch health companies inc.:
                                                                           
      basic
                                -0.15                                           
      diluted
                                -0.15                                           
      other income
                                 -1,000,000 -15,000,000     -19,000,000  -11,325,000 -45,300,000 23,100,000 30,200,000 176,900,000  -43,300,000                            
      earnings per share attributable to bausch health companies inc.:
                                                                           
      basic
     -0.31 0.48 0.4    0.03  -0.38 -1.03 0.07  0.128 1.1   -0.71 0.52   -0.288 0.2       -0.98 -1 -2.49 -7.68 1.46 3.71 -0.11 1.8 -6.06 -0.88 -1.08 0.14 -0.15 0.82  0.43 -2.92                          
      diluted
     -0.3 0.48 0.4    0.03  -0.38 -1.03 0.07  0.128 1.1   -0.71 0.52   -0.288 0.2       -0.98 -1 -2.49 -7.68 1.45 3.69 -0.11 1.79 -6.06 -0.88 -1.08 0.14 -0.15 0.81  0.43 -2.92                          
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                    2,000,000 250,000 -1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 -425,000 -1,700,000 800,000 2,200,000 1,400,000 1,000,000 2,300,000 1,205,000 1,268,000                          
      net income attributable to valeant pharmaceuticals international, inc.
                                    -2,693,000,000 513,000,000 1,301,000,000 -38,000,000 628,000,000 -2,106,700,000 -302,300,000 -373,700,000 49,500,000 -53,000,000 275,400,000 -22,600,000 123,765,000 -973,243,000                          
      earnings per share attributable to valeant pharmaceuticals international, inc.:
                                                                           
      basic
     -0.31 0.48 0.4    0.03  -0.38 -1.03 0.07  0.128 1.1   -0.71 0.52   -0.288 0.2       -0.98 -1 -2.49 -7.68 1.46 3.71 -0.11 1.8 -6.06 -0.88 -1.08 0.14 -0.15 0.82  0.43 -2.92                          
      diluted
     -0.3 0.48 0.4    0.03  -0.38 -1.03 0.07  0.128 1.1   -0.71 0.52   -0.288 0.2       -0.98 -1 -2.49 -7.68 1.45 3.69 -0.11 1.79 -6.06 -0.88 -1.08 0.14 -0.15 0.81  0.43 -2.92                          
      loss before recovery of income taxes
                                     -234,250,000 -400,000,000 -242,000,000                                    
      recovery of income taxes
                                     -707,250,000 -1,700,000,000 -205,000,000         -203,083,000 -169,225,000  -27,264,000 -185,501,000 -96,992,000                      
      cost of goods sold (excluding amortization and impairments of
                                                                           
      intangible assets)
                                        584,000,000                                   
      cost of goods sold (excluding amortization and impairments of - sum
                                        1,898,000,000                                   
      loss before (recovery of) provision for income taxes
                                        -295,000,000                                   
      (recovery of) provision for income taxes
                                        -924,000,000                                   
      operating expenses
                                                                           
      cost of goods sold (exclusive of amortization and impairments of
                                                                           
      finite-lived intangible assets shown separately below)
                                         161,825,000 647,300,000 620,200,000 634,600,000 669,900,000 545,800,000 504,100,000 282,235,500 560,855,000                          
      amortization and impairments of finite-lived intangible assets
                                         221,900,000 887,600,000 694,500,000 679,200,000 585,400,000 393,100,000 355,200,000 361,956,000 910,248,000                          
      restructuring, integration and other costs
                                         4,875,000 19,500,000 38,000,000 75,600,000 143,400,000 61,700,000 133,600,000 116,285,000 295,890,000 53,665,000 48,985,000 209,174,000 42,872,000 30,004,000                     
      in-process research and development impairments and other charges
                                         4,350,000 17,400,000  95,800,000 12,300,000 19,900,000 12,000,000 24,828,000 123,981,000 4,830,000                         
      acquisition-related costs
                                           1,800,000 7,000,000 9,500,000 1,600,000 1,500,000 11,988,000 8,650,000 7,879,000 7,899,000 52,627,000 4,605,000 13,867,000  5,596,000                   
      income before (recovery of) benefit from income taxes
                                         -94,200,000 -376,800,000  -5,700,000 -64,700,000                              
      (recovery of) benefit from income taxes
                                         -18,200,000 -72,800,000  -57,400,000 -13,100,000                              
      weighted-average common shares outstanding
                                                                           
      basic
     370.9 371.3 370.9    367.9   365.4 364.8   362.5    359.6    355.6   352.1   351.3 351.3 351.5 351.3 350.7 350.2 350.4 350.1 349.8  345 344.9 344.9 344.4 335.4  320,996 333,643 308,153  305,446 304,075 304,816 158,231 158,224 158,218 158,495 158,715 160,709    161,024   161,020 160,847 160,060    160,060  
      diluted
     375 375.5 373.1    370.2   365.4 367.1   363.4    364    357.8   352.1   351.3 351.3 351.5 351.3 350.7 351.8 352.3 350.1 350.5  345 344.9 351 344.4 341.3  320,996 333,643 314,447  305,446 311,743 304,816 158,652 158,331 158,270 158,495 158,715 160,709    161,024   161,020 160,988 160,078    160,078  
      gain on investments
                                              3,400,000    3,963,000 1,859,000 32,000  -35,000                     
      income before provision for (recovery of) income taxes
                                              376,700,000                             
      provision for (recovery of) income taxes
                                              100,300,000                             
      cost of alliance and service revenues
                                               14,300,000 14,565,000 14,353,000 14,459,000 15,429,000 11,523,000 10,582,000 12,483,000                     
      income before benefit from (recovery of) income taxes
                                               4,800,000       -17,057,000    31,780,000                 
      benefit from (recovery of) income taxes
                                               25,100,000       4,550,000                     
      loss per share attributable to valeant pharmaceuticals international, inc.:
                                                                           
      basic and diluted
                                               -0.07                            
      weighted-average common shares
                                                                           
      basic and diluted
                                               334.9    305,763                        
      alliance and royalty
                                                12,955,000 16,471,000 13,922,000 9,258,000 23,493,000 12,248,000 56,869,000                     
      service and other
                                                19,270,000 18,839,000 18,327,000 20,230,000 16,131,000 15,000,000 14,479,000                     
      legal settlements and related fees
                                                38,793,250 149,601,000 1,124,000 4,448,000                        
      income before recovery of income taxes
                                                -78,113,000 -1,141,200,000  -54,794,000 -29,896,250 -89,347,000                      
      cost of goods sold (exclusive of amortization of
                                                                           
      intangible assets shown separately below)
                                                  283,183,000 284,904,000 161,598,750 219,670,000 197,284,000                     
      income before (recovery of ) benefit from income taxes
                                                  -40,345,000                         
      (recovery of ) benefit from income taxes
                                                  -51,211,000                         
      basic earnings per share
                                                  0.04  -0.29 0.03 -0.07                     
      diluted earnings per share
                                                  0.03  -0.29 0.02 -0.07                     
      basic and diluted loss per share
                                                   -0.09                        
      acquired in-process research and development
                                                    37,467,000 145,300,000 4,568,000                     
      legal settlements
                                                      53,624,000   241,000  2,000,000                
      cost of goods sold (exclusive of amortization of - sum
                                                    595,640,750 854,676,000                      
      revenue
                                                                           
      yoy
                                                                           
      qoq
                                                                           
      royalty and other
                                                       4,840,000 2,564,000 4,211,000 4,224,000 5,094,000 4,725,000   4,231,000 4,567,000   4,332,000 4,883,000 24,851,000 4,162,000   24,851,000  
      restructuring costs
                                                       2,413,000 11,367,000 1,348,000 10,855,000 7,587,000 51,760,000        887,000 15,126,000 645,000   15,126,000  
      foreign exchange gain
                                                       197,000 314,000 407,000 82,000 204,000    221,000    5,255,000 763,000       
      gain on auction rate security settlement
                                                        22,000,000                   
      gain on disposal of investments
                                                       466,000 344,000   4,156,000 3,461,000    8,640,000           
      impairment loss on debt securities
                                                        -1,617,000                   
      impairment loss on equity securities
                                                                           
      equity loss
                                                                           
      basic and diluted earnings per share
                                                       0.25 0.15 0.25 0.76 0.31 -0.16   0.35            
      weighted-average number of common shares outstanding
                                                                           
      basic
     370.9 371.3 370.9    367.9   365.4 364.8   362.5    359.6    355.6   352.1   351.3 351.3 351.5 351.3 350.7 350.2 350.4 350.1 349.8  345 344.9 344.9 344.4 335.4  320,996 333,643 308,153  305,446 304,075 304,816 158,231 158,224 158,218 158,495 158,715 160,709    161,024   161,020 160,847 160,060    160,060  
      diluted
     375 375.5 373.1    370.2   365.4 367.1   363.4    364    357.8   352.1   351.3 351.3 351.5 351.3 350.7 351.8 352.3 350.1 350.5  345 344.9 351 344.4 341.3  320,996 333,643 314,447  305,446 311,743 304,816 158,652 158,331 158,270 158,495 158,715 160,709    161,024   161,020 160,988 160,078    160,078  
      cash dividends declared per share
                                                       0.09 0.09 0.375 0.375 0.375 0.375   0.375            
      revenue - sum
                                                         173,319,000                  
      loss on impairment of investments
                                                                           
      loss on disposal of investment
                                                                           
      legal settlements, net of insurance recoveries
                                                          5,917,000      93,052,000           
      intangible asset impairments, net of gain on disposal
                                                                9,910,000           
      contract recoveries
                                                                           
      loss on early extinguishment of debt
                                                                           
      amortization
                                                            11,691,000   11,694,000 12,107,000   11,979,000 11,982,000 56,457,000 11,981,000   56,457,000  
      legal settlement
                                                            24,648,000       2,062,000        
      basic and diluted weighted-average number of common shares outstanding
                                                               161,024            
      contract costs
                                                                           
      income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes
                                                                   69,367,000  229,974,000 99,019,000   222,296,000  
      income from continuing operations
                                                                -0.2   65,867,000 67,824,000 215,474,000 93,819,000   207,796,000  
      loss from discontinued operation
                                                                           
      asset impairments, net of gain on disposal
                                                                     143,000,000    143,000,000  
      gain on disposal of investment
                                                                    15,716,000       
      equity income
                                                                           
      income from continuing operations before benefit from income taxes
                                                                    71,624,000       
      income from discontinued operation
                                                                           
      contract losses
                                                                     54,800,000    54,800,000  
      litigation settlements
                                                                     14,400,000    14,400,000  
      acquired research and development
                                                                           
      equity loss and other
                                                                           
      foreign exchange loss
                                                                           
      weighted average number of common shares outstanding
                                                                           
      basic
                                                                      160,559     
      diluted
                                                                      160,559     
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        assets
                                                                       
        current assets:
                                                                       
        cash and cash equivalents
      1,299,000,000 1,309,000,000 1,308,000,000 1,727,000,000 1,134,000,000 1,181,000,000 719,000,000 595,000,000 733,000,000 947,000,000 760,000,000 579,000,000 518,000,000 564,000,000 486,000,000 659,000,000 1,249,000,000 582,000,000 690,000,000 642,000,000 679,000,000 605,000,000 977,000,000 896,000,000 912,000,000 3,243,000,000 825,000,000 878,000,000 782,000,000 721,000,000 973,000,000 838,000,000 909,000,000 720,000,000 964,000,000 1,214,000,000 1,210,000,000 542,000,000 852,400,000 1,310,400,000 1,420,000,000 958,000,000 600,340,000 596,347,000 2,539,390,000 413,736,000 916,091,000 257,730,000 395,266,000 49,406,000 52,918,000 317,547,000 219,005,000 354,056,000 431,537,000 431,537,000 433,641,000 433,641,000 411,906,000 411,906,000 469,458,000  870,175,000 870,175,000  
        restricted cash
      13,000,000 16,000,000 32,000,000 16,000,000 23,000,000 20,000,000 31,000,000 28,000,000 22,000,000  20,000,000 9,000,000 13,000,000      1,214,000,000 1,214,000,000 1,214,000,000 1,211,000,000 1,011,000,000 1,011,000,000 1,011,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000    77,000,000 928,000,000 811,000,000            8,231,000 8,598,000 5,250,000 5,250,000               
        trade receivables
      2,191,000,000 2,351,000,000 2,417,000,000 2,210,000,000 2,072,000,000 2,140,000,000 2,094,000,000 2,102,000,000 2,048,000,000 1,998,000,000 1,948,000,000 1,743,000,000 1,688,000,000 1,790,000,000 1,739,000,000 1,645,000,000 1,566,000,000 1,775,000,000 1,730,000,000 1,609,000,000 1,499,000,000 1,577,000,000 1,733,000,000 1,369,000,000 1,712,000,000 1,839,000,000 1,747,000,000 1,829,000,000 1,786,000,000 1,865,000,000 2,041,000,000 1,973,000,000 1,940,000,000 2,130,000,000 2,229,000,000 2,096,000,000 2,097,000,000 2,517,000,000 2,732,500,000 2,692,700,000 2,696,300,000 2,371,000,000                        
        inventories
      1,601,000,000 1,629,000,000 1,598,000,000 1,655,000,000 1,613,000,000 1,595,000,000 1,655,000,000 1,612,000,000 1,636,000,000 1,544,000,000 1,272,000,000 1,240,000,000 1,222,000,000 1,090,000,000 1,056,000,000 1,073,000,000 1,045,000,000 993,000,000 1,058,000,000 1,086,000,000 1,076,000,000 1,094,000,000 1,224,000,000 1,226,000,000 1,124,000,000 1,107,000,000 1,100,000,000 1,060,000,000 1,012,000,000 934,000,000 971,000,000 993,000,000 1,042,000,000 1,048,000,000 1,071,000,000 1,084,000,000 1,111,000,000 1,061,000,000 1,336,700,000 1,320,200,000 1,199,200,000 1,229,500,000 882,966,000 1,076,088,000 497,059,000 509,676,000 531,256,000 418,252,000 388,729,000                 
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      874,000,000 852,000,000 894,000,000 906,000,000 890,000,000 838,000,000 852,000,000 874,000,000 957,000,000 1,092,000,000 1,048,000,000 890,000,000 796,000,000 776,000,000 718,000,000 820,000,000 765,000,000 720,000,000 632,000,000 899,000,000 924,000,000 855,000,000 726,000,000 776,000,000 745,000,000 779,000,000 631,000,000 698,000,000 693,000,000 689,000,000 757,000,000 835,000,000 833,000,000 771,000,000 736,000,000 710,000,000 675,000,000 696,000,000 896,800,000 910,400,000 953,000,000 1,075,300,000 204,958,000 257,389,000 115,497,000 136,747,000 125,869,000 72,214,000 56,470,000                 
        total current assets
      5,978,000,000 6,157,000,000 6,249,000,000 6,514,000,000 5,732,000,000 5,774,000,000 5,351,000,000 5,211,000,000 5,396,000,000 5,596,000,000 5,048,000,000 4,461,000,000 4,237,000,000 4,247,000,000 4,010,000,000 5,417,000,000 5,836,000,000 5,607,000,000 5,324,000,000 5,450,000,000 5,392,000,000 5,342,000,000 5,671,000,000 5,278,000,000 5,504,000,000 6,969,000,000 4,305,000,000 4,467,000,000 4,275,000,000 4,211,000,000 4,742,000,000 4,639,000,000 4,724,000,000 4,746,000,000 5,944,000,000 5,992,000,000 5,333,000,000 5,077,000,000 5,818,400,000 6,233,700,000 6,995,700,000 6,345,200,000 3,885,889,000 3,848,363,000 4,532,026,000 2,370,129,000 2,777,451,000 1,713,670,000 1,630,234,000                 
        property, plant and equipment
      2,095,000,000 2,074,000,000 2,026,000,000 1,994,000,000 1,882,000,000 1,780,000,000 1,789,000,000 1,738,000,000 1,713,000,000 1,707,000,000 1,584,000,000 1,599,000,000 1,596,000,000 1,600,000,000 1,507,000,000 1,545,000,000 1,579,000,000 1,598,000,000 1,584,000,000 1,590,000,000 1,556,000,000 1,567,000,000 1,550,000,000 1,496,000,000 1,450,000,000 1,466,000,000 1,390,000,000 1,372,000,000 1,341,000,000 1,353,000,000 1,341,000,000 1,355,000,000 1,411,000,000 1,403,000,000 1,398,000,000 1,373,000,000 1,328,000,000 1,312,000,000 1,472,100,000 1,465,500,000 1,351,400,000 1,359,900,000 1,234,236,000 1,221,606,000 440,998,000 452,969,000 462,724,000 450,327,000 409,399,000 138,112,000 133,411,000 148,269,000 167,507,000 182,298,000 233,799,000 233,799,000 238,457,000 238,457,000 235,233,000 235,233,000 223,114,000  212,988,000 212,988,000  
        intangible assets
      4,404,000,000 4,643,000,000 4,830,000,000 5,047,000,000 5,297,000,000 5,551,000,000 5,652,000,000 5,903,000,000 6,183,000,000 6,456,000,000 6,728,000,000 5,299,000,000 5,552,000,000 5,800,000,000 6,024,000,000 6,322,000,000 6,632,000,000 6,948,000,000 7,258,000,000 7,624,000,000 7,997,000,000 8,445,000,000 8,923,000,000 9,297,000,000 9,726,000,000 10,201,000,000 10,650,000,000 11,196,000,000 11,683,000,000 12,001,000,000 12,655,000,000 13,393,000,000 14,464,000,000 15,211,000,000 16,023,000,000 17,516,000,000 18,186,000,000 18,884,000,000 21,335,800,000 22,346,000,000 22,382,100,000 23,149,700,000 12,848,160,000 13,090,339,000 9,289,669,000 9,227,321,000 9,308,669,000 8,035,717,000 8,121,556,000 1,379,768,000 1,414,853,000 720,372,000 745,822,000 602,542,000 616,526,000 616,526,000 630,514,000 630,514,000 654,822,000 654,822,000 669,095,000  683,372,000 683,372,000  
        goodwill
      9,807,000,000 11,271,000,000 11,287,000,000 11,298,000,000 11,153,000,000 11,087,000,000 11,171,000,000 11,127,000,000 11,160,000,000 11,183,000,000 11,187,000,000 11,628,000,000 11,579,000,000 11,547,000,000 12,044,000,000 12,266,000,000 12,427,000,000 12,457,000,000 12,477,000,000 12,527,000,000 12,485,000,000 13,044,000,000 13,160,000,000 13,084,000,000 13,034,000,000 13,126,000,000 13,052,000,000 13,160,000,000 13,121,000,000 13,142,000,000 13,290,000,000 13,283,000,000 13,432,000,000 15,593,000,000 15,573,000,000 15,892,000,000 15,753,000,000 15,794,000,000 18,511,800,000 18,600,700,000 17,374,700,000 17,233,100,000 9,752,100,000 9,742,003,000 5,277,798,000 5,165,247,000 5,141,366,000 3,799,613,000 3,724,341,000 100,294,000 100,294,000 100,294,000 100,294,000 100,294,000 100,294,000 100,294,000 100,294,000 100,294,000 100,294,000 100,294,000 100,294,000  100,294,000 100,294,000  
        deferred tax assets
      1,845,000,000 1,843,000,000 2,050,000,000 2,025,000,000 1,977,000,000 1,968,000,000 2,188,000,000 2,187,000,000 2,149,000,000 2,101,000,000 2,189,000,000 2,191,000,000 2,163,000,000 2,166,000,000 2,372,000,000 2,283,000,000 2,282,000,000 2,252,000,000 2,266,000,000 2,255,000,000 2,150,000,000 2,137,000,000 1,913,000,000 1,874,000,000 1,740,000,000 1,690,000,000 1,868,000,000 1,799,000,000 1,754,000,000 1,676,000,000 1,641,000,000 1,654,000,000 1,660,000,000 433,000,000 166,000,000 140,000,000 142,000,000 146,000,000 304,700,000 163,200,000 727,200,000 711,400,000 366,914,000 221,934,000 198,674,000 198,879,000 195,007,000 150,539,000 150,362,000                 
        other non-current assets
      369,000,000 378,000,000 382,000,000 388,000,000 380,000,000 363,000,000 389,000,000 329,000,000 312,000,000 307,000,000 328,000,000 325,000,000 318,000,000 326,000,000 341,000,000 338,000,000 334,000,000 340,000,000 343,000,000 596,000,000 617,000,000 664,000,000 345,000,000 367,000,000 411,000,000 411,000,000 402,000,000 360,000,000 377,000,000 109,000,000 108,000,000 124,000,000 107,000,000 99,000,000 152,000,000 111,000,000 190,000,000 184,000,000                            
        total assets
      24,498,000,000 26,366,000,000 26,824,000,000 27,266,000,000 26,421,000,000 26,523,000,000 26,540,000,000 26,495,000,000 26,913,000,000 27,350,000,000 27,064,000,000 25,503,000,000 25,445,000,000 25,686,000,000 26,298,000,000 28,171,000,000 29,090,000,000 29,202,000,000 29,252,000,000 30,042,000,000 30,197,000,000 31,199,000,000 31,562,000,000 31,396,000,000 31,865,000,000 33,863,000,000 31,667,000,000 32,354,000,000 32,551,000,000 32,492,000,000 33,777,000,000 34,448,000,000 35,798,000,000 37,497,000,000 39,974,000,000 41,733,000,000 42,333,000,000 43,529,000,000 47,662,200,000 49,019,900,000 48,454,600,000 48,343,200,000 27,970,797,000 28,204,384,000 19,782,258,000 17,486,467,000 17,950,379,000 14,146,208,000 14,019,820,000                 
        liabilities
                                                                       
        current liabilities:
                                                                       
        accounts payable
      593,000,000 600,000,000 616,000,000 627,000,000 620,000,000 656,000,000 667,000,000 579,000,000 642,000,000 719,000,000 569,000,000 515,000,000 561,000,000 521,000,000 486,000,000 536,000,000 471,000,000 407,000,000 455,000,000 442,000,000 342,000,000 337,000,000 379,000,000 447,000,000 444,000,000 503,000,000 437,000,000 527,000,000 429,000,000 411,000,000 440,000,000 417,000,000 428,000,000 365,000,000 407,000,000 371,000,000 368,000,000 324,000,000 425,900,000 438,100,000 476,800,000 415,800,000 326,970,000 412,943,000 284,544,000 183,021,000 227,384,000 166,688,000 156,178,000                 
        accrued and other current liabilities
      3,037,000,000 3,344,000,000 3,598,000,000 3,469,000,000 3,354,000,000 3,422,000,000 3,386,000,000 3,338,000,000 3,225,000,000 3,133,000,000 3,119,000,000 3,008,000,000 2,916,000,000 2,988,000,000 2,934,000,000 4,311,000,000 4,303,000,000 4,791,000,000 4,982,000,000 5,075,000,000 4,556,000,000 4,576,000,000 4,353,000,000 4,270,000,000 4,438,000,000 4,511,000,000 3,198,000,000 3,122,000,000 3,255,000,000 3,197,000,000 3,424,000,000 3,427,000,000 3,560,000,000 3,694,000,000 3,396,000,000 3,259,000,000 3,484,000,000 3,175,000,000 3,335,500,000 3,337,900,000 3,293,500,000 3,054,700,000 1,800,193,000                       
        financial leases
      11,000,000 11,000,000                                                                
        current portion of long-term debt
      889,000,000 225,000,000 579,000,000 879,000,000 282,000,000 2,674,000,000 453,000,000 452,000,000 538,000,000 450,000,000 536,000,000 444,000,000 446,000,000 432,000,000 411,000,000 150,000,000                     346,000,000 1,000,000 294,100,000 675,100,000 707,000,000 590,900,000 204,756,000 360,964,000 346,875,000 289,676,000 480,182,000 207,688,000 195,154,000                 
        total current liabilities
      4,530,000,000 4,180,000,000 4,793,000,000 4,975,000,000 4,256,000,000 6,752,000,000 4,506,000,000 4,369,000,000 4,405,000,000 4,302,000,000 4,224,000,000 3,967,000,000 3,923,000,000 3,941,000,000 3,831,000,000 4,997,000,000 4,774,000,000 5,198,000,000 5,437,000,000 5,517,000,000 4,898,000,000 4,913,000,000 4,732,000,000 4,718,000,000 4,886,000,000 6,248,000,000 3,735,000,000 3,705,000,000 3,941,000,000 3,836,000,000 4,162,000,000 4,074,000,000 3,990,000,000 4,268,000,000 4,728,000,000 4,465,000,000 4,247,000,000 3,609,000,000 4,226,400,000 4,597,400,000 4,650,500,000 4,291,000,000 2,512,396,000 2,853,082,000 1,761,818,000 1,646,128,000 1,822,752,000 1,158,508,000 1,049,197,000                 
        acquisition-related contingent consideration
      213,000,000 254,000,000 224,000,000 264,000,000 282,000,000 310,000,000 248,000,000 230,000,000 225,000,000 253,000,000 247,000,000 197,000,000 219,000,000 208,000,000 189,000,000 188,000,000 193,000,000 202,000,000 207,000,000 206,000,000 202,000,000 216,000,000 275,000,000 279,000,000 268,000,000 262,000,000 267,000,000 271,000,000 264,000,000 298,000,000 282,000,000 310,000,000 320,000,000 344,000,000 345,000,000 755,000,000 818,000,000 52,000,000 170,900,000 146,300,000 161,600,000 191,400,000 114,460,000 125,524,000 91,029,000 97,517,000 102,559,000 112,274,000 67,115,000                 
        non-current portion of financial leases
      20,000,000 23,000,000                                                                
        non-current portion of long-term debt
      19,875,000,000 20,592,000,000 20,463,000,000 20,859,000,000 21,228,000,000 18,942,000,000 21,054,000,000 21,208,000,000 21,536,000,000 21,938,000,000 21,894,000,000 20,108,000,000 20,207,000,000 20,334,000,000 20,804,000,000 21,664,000,000 23,168,000,000 22,654,000,000 22,358,000,000 23,439,000,000 23,738,000,000 23,925,000,000 24,343,000,000 24,357,000,000 24,424,000,000 24,661,000,000 23,466,000,000 24,023,000,000 23,924,000,000 24,077,000,000 24,433,000,000 24,858,000,000 25,266,000,000 25,235,000,000 26,216,000,000 27,648,000,000 28,198,000,000 29,845,000,000                            
        deferred tax liabilities
      179,000,000 147,000,000 145,000,000 144,000,000 134,000,000 128,000,000 169,000,000 170,000,000 170,000,000 163,000,000 213,000,000 215,000,000 205,000,000 202,000,000 422,000,000 545,000,000 552,000,000 529,000,000 513,000,000 516,000,000 520,000,000 528,000,000 650,000,000 694,000,000 690,000,000 705,000,000 879,000,000 884,000,000 880,000,000 885,000,000 1,131,000,000 1,130,000,000 1,139,000,000 1,180,000,000 2,237,000,000 4,273,000,000 4,490,000,000 5,434,000,000 5,879,200,000 5,896,600,000 11,600,000 38,200,000 66,017,000 64,191,000 4,363,000 4,291,000 4,403,000 8,786,000 7,525,000                 
        other non-current liabilities
      763,000,000 793,000,000 843,000,000 877,000,000 761,000,000 713,000,000 805,000,000 745,000,000 751,000,000 776,000,000 721,000,000 745,000,000 746,000,000 741,000,000 619,000,000 524,000,000 544,000,000 653,000,000 872,000,000 975,000,000 963,000,000 1,012,000,000 907,000,000 802,000,000 807,000,000 851,000,000 760,000,000 783,000,000 763,000,000 581,000,000 532,000,000 518,000,000 560,000,000 526,000,000 102,000,000 104,000,000 88,000,000 107,000,000                            
        total liabilities
      25,580,000,000 25,989,000,000 26,468,000,000 27,119,000,000 26,661,000,000 26,845,000,000 26,782,000,000 26,722,000,000 27,087,000,000 27,432,000,000 27,299,000,000 25,232,000,000 25,300,000,000 25,426,000,000 25,865,000,000 27,918,000,000 29,231,000,000 29,236,000,000 29,387,000,000 30,653,000,000 30,321,000,000 30,594,000,000 30,907,000,000 30,850,000,000 31,075,000,000 32,727,000,000 29,107,000,000 29,666,000,000 29,772,000,000 29,677,000,000 30,540,000,000 30,890,000,000 31,275,000,000 31,553,000,000 34,552,000,000 37,704,000,000 38,339,000,000 40,271,000,000 42,259,100,000 43,244,300,000 41,989,900,000 41,784,800,000 22,737,475,000 23,143,194,000 14,079,729,000 13,899,479,000 14,232,981,000 10,361,026,000 10,324,389,000                 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                       
        (deficit) equity
                                                                       
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 373,464,760 and 370,531,987 issued and outstanding at march 31, 2026 and december 31, 2025, respectively
      10,542,000,000                                                                 
        additional paid-in capital
      295,000,000 357,000,000 275,000,000 250,000,000 220,000,000 234,000,000 201,000,000 181,000,000 164,000,000 214,000,000 190,000,000 188,000,000 171,000,000 159,000,000 129,000,000 104,000,000 415,000,000 462,000,000 437,000,000 413,000,000 393,000,000 454,000,000 435,000,000 411,000,000 396,000,000 429,000,000 406,000,000 384,000,000 374,000,000 413,000,000 409,000,000 391,000,000 382,000,000 380,000,000 368,000,000 350,000,000 374,000,000 351,000,000 380,400,000 351,600,000 244,600,000 234,000,000 228,853,000 251,654,000 225,289,000 264,982,000 267,118,000 270,183,000 283,061,000                 
        accumulated deficit
      -11,090,000,000 -9,667,000,000 -9,555,000,000 -9,734,000,000 -9,882,000,000 -9,824,000,000 -9,917,000,000 -9,832,000,000 -9,842,000,000 -9,778,000,000 -9,739,000,000 -9,361,000,000 -9,387,000,000 -9,186,000,000 -8,776,000,000 -9,175,000,000 -9,030,000,000 -8,961,000,000 -9,030,000,000 -9,218,000,000 -8,623,000,000 -8,013,000,000 -7,860,000,000 -7,931,000,000 -7,605,000,000 -7,452,000,000 -5,936,000,000 -5,887,000,000 -5,716,000,000 -5,664,000,000 -5,320,000,000 -4,970,000,000 -4,209,000,000 -2,725,000,000 -3,239,000,000 -4,539,000,000 -4,502,000,000 -5,129,000,000 -3,425,700,000 -3,123,400,000 -2,338,500,000 -2,387,900,000 -3,278,529,000 -3,402,294,000 -2,429,051,000 -2,423,731,000 -2,370,976,000 -2,281,834,000 -2,245,886,000                 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -1,806,000,000 -1,760,000,000 -1,800,000,000 -1,790,000,000 -2,029,000,000 -2,179,000,000 -1,947,000,000 -2,007,000,000 -1,917,000,000 -1,881,000,000 -2,051,000,000 -1,902,000,000 -1,989,000,000 -2,056,000,000 -2,265,000,000 -2,002,000,000 -1,974,000,000 -1,924,000,000 -1,923,000,000 -2,182,000,000 -2,256,000,000 -2,133,000,000 -2,207,000,000 -2,223,000,000 -2,281,000,000 -2,086,000,000 -2,156,000,000 -2,061,000,000 -2,116,000,000 -2,137,000,000 -2,053,000,000 -2,068,000,000 -1,852,000,000 -1,896,000,000 -1,888,000,000 -1,965,000,000 -2,020,000,000 -2,108,000,000 -1,573,700,000 -1,478,600,000 -1,463,400,000 -1,291,500,000 -132,780,000 -160,257,000 -343,901,000 -196,799,000 -119,396,000 -119,838,000 -226,969,000                 
        total bausch health companies inc. shareholders’ deficit
      -2,059,000,000 -554,000,000 -565,000,000 -764,000,000 -1,183,000,000 -1,279,000,000 -1,174,000,000 -1,175,000,000 -1,115,000,000 -1,022,000,000 -1,180,000,000 -663,000,000 -800,000,000 -692,000,000 -525,000,000 -693,000,000 -216,000,000                                                 
        noncontrolling interest
      977,000,000 931,000,000 921,000,000 911,000,000 943,000,000 957,000,000 932,000,000 948,000,000 941,000,000 940,000,000 945,000,000 934,000,000 945,000,000 952,000,000 958,000,000 946,000,000 75,000,000 72,000,000 69,000,000 76,000,000 73,000,000 70,000,000 68,000,000 72,000,000 71,000,000 73,000,000 78,000,000 87,000,000 86,000,000 82,000,000 84,000,000 91,000,000 99,000,000 95,000,000 95,000,000 98,000,000 101,000,000 106,000,000 107,200,000 120,100,000 122,400,000 123,000,000 114,599,000 112,077,000                      
        total (deficit) equity
      -1,082,000,000         -82,000,000 -235,000,000       -34,000,000 -135,000,000 -611,000,000 -124,000,000                                             
        total liabilities and equity
      24,498,000,000 26,366,000,000 26,824,000,000 27,266,000,000        25,503,000,000 25,445,000,000 25,686,000,000 26,298,000,000 28,171,000,000      31,199,000,000 31,562,000,000 31,396,000,000 31,865,000,000 33,863,000,000 31,667,000,000 32,354,000,000 32,551,000,000 32,492,000,000 33,777,000,000 34,448,000,000 35,798,000,000 37,497,000,000 39,974,000,000 41,733,000,000 42,333,000,000 43,529,000,000 47,662,200,000 49,019,900,000 48,454,600,000 48,343,200,000 27,970,797,000 28,204,384,000                      
        equity
                                                                       
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 370,531,987 and 367,843,058 issued and outstanding at december 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively
       10,516,000,000                                                                
        total equity
       377,000,000 356,000,000 147,000,000        271,000,000 145,000,000 260,000,000 433,000,000 253,000,000      605,000,000 655,000,000 546,000,000 790,000,000 1,136,000,000 2,560,000,000 2,688,000,000 2,779,000,000 2,815,000,000 3,237,000,000 3,558,000,000 4,523,000,000 5,944,000,000 5,422,000,000 4,029,000,000 3,994,000,000 3,258,000,000 5,403,100,000 5,775,600,000 6,464,700,000 6,558,400,000 5,233,322,000 5,061,190,000                      
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 370,473,221 and 367,843,058 issued and outstanding at september 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively
        10,515,000,000                                                               
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 369,749,489 and 367,843,058 issued and outstanding at june 30, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively
         10,510,000,000                                                              
        deficit
                                                                       
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 369,539,455 and 367,843,058 issued and outstanding at march 31, 2025 and december 31, 2024, respectively
          10,508,000,000                                                             
        total deficit
          -240,000,000 -322,000,000 -242,000,000 -227,000,000 -174,000,000        -141,000,000                                                 
        total liabilities and deficit
          26,421,000,000 26,523,000,000 26,540,000,000 26,495,000,000 26,913,000,000        29,090,000,000                                                 
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 367,843,058 and 365,238,917 issued and outstanding at december 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively
           10,490,000,000                                                            
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 367,695,267 and 365,238,917 issued and outstanding at september 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
            10,489,000,000                                                           
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 366,985,967 and 365,238,917 issued and outstanding at june 30, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
             10,483,000,000                                                          
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 366,674,264 and 365,238,917 issued and outstanding at march 31, 2024 and december 31, 2023, respectively
              10,480,000,000                                                         
        restricted cash and other settlement deposits
               15,000,000    27,000,000 11,000,000 1,220,000,000 1,211,000,000 1,537,000,000                                                
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 365,238,917 and 361,898,846 issued and outstanding at december 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively
               10,423,000,000                                                        
        total liabilities and (deficit) equity
               27,350,000,000 27,064,000,000       29,202,000,000 29,252,000,000 30,042,000,000 30,197,000,000                                             
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 365,043,317 and 361,898,846 issued and outstanding at september 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
                10,420,000,000                                                       
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 364,063,514 and 361,898,846 issued and outstanding at june 30, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
                 10,412,000,000                                                      
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 363,607,062 and 361,898,846 issued and outstanding at march 31, 2023 and december 31, 2022, respectively
                  10,405,000,000                                                     
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 361,898,846 and 359,405,748 issued and outstanding at december 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively
                   10,391,000,000                                                    
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 361,781,292 and 359,405,748 issued and outstanding at september 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively
                    10,387,000,000                                                   
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 361,571,921 and 359,405,748 issued and outstanding at june 30, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively
                     10,380,000,000                                                  
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 361,331,665 and 359,405,748 issued and outstanding at march 31, 2022 and december 31, 2021, respectively
                      10,373,000,000                                                 
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 359,405,748 and 355,422,347 issued and outstanding at december 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively
                       10,317,000,000                                                
        total bausch health companies inc. shareholders’ (deficit) equity
                       -106,000,000 -204,000,000 -687,000,000 -197,000,000                                             
        /s/ joseph c. papa
                                                                       
        joseph c. papa
                                                                       
        chief executive officer
                                                                       
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 359,154,635 and 355,422,347 issued and outstanding at september 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020, respectively
                        10,312,000,000                                               
        revenues
                                                                       
        product sales
                        2,088,000,000 2,076,000,000                                              
        other revenues
                        23,000,000 24,000,000                                              
        expenses
                                                                       
        cost of goods sold
                        574,000,000 604,000,000                                              
        cost of other revenues
                        8,000,000 8,000,000                                              
        selling, general and administrative
                        653,000,000 685,000,000                                              
        research and development
                        121,000,000 115,000,000                                              
        amortization of intangible assets
                        338,000,000 360,000,000                                              
        goodwill impairments
                                                                       
        asset impairments, including loss on assets held for sale
                        18,000,000 47,000,000                                              
        restructuring, integration, separation and ipo costs
                        8,000,000                                               
        other income
                        -183,000,000 542,000,000                                              
        operating income
                        574,000,000 -270,000,000                                              
        interest income
                        2,000,000 2,000,000                                              
        interest expense
                        -351,000,000 -364,000,000                                              
        loss on extinguishment of debt
                        -12,000,000 -45,000,000                                              
        foreign exchange and other
                        3,000,000 7,000,000                                              
        income before benefit from income taxes
                        216,000,000 -670,000,000                                              
        (benefit from) benefit from income taxes
                        -25,000,000                                               
        net income
                        191,000,000 -593,000,000                                              
        net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
                        -3,000,000                                               
        net income attributable to bausch health companies inc.
                        188,000,000 -595,000,000                                              
        earnings per share attributable to bausch health companies inc.
                                                                       
        basic
                        520,000                                               
        diluted
                        520,000                                               
        weighted-average common shares
                                                                       
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 358,653,899 and 355,422,347 issued and outstanding at june 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020, respectively
                         10,300,000,000                                              
        restructuring, integration and separation costs
                         9,000,000                                              
        benefit from income taxes
                         77,000,000                                              
        net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                         -2,000,000                                              
        basic and diluted loss per share attributable to bausch health companies inc.
                         -1,660,000                                              
        basic and diluted weighted-average common shares
                         359,100,000                                              
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 358,104,438 and 355,422,347 issued and outstanding at march 31, 2021 and december 31, 2020, respectively
                          10,289,000,000                                             
        current portion of long-term debt and other
                             1,000,000 4,000,000 1,234,000,000 100,000,000 56,000,000 257,000,000 228,000,000 298,000,000 230,000,000 2,000,000 209,000,000 925,000,000 813,000,000                              
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 355,422,347 and 352,562,636 issued and outstanding at december 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively
                           10,227,000,000                                            
        total bausch health companies inc. shareholders’ equity
                           535,000,000 587,000,000 474,000,000 719,000,000 1,063,000,000 2,482,000,000 2,601,000,000 2,693,000,000 2,733,000,000 3,153,000,000 3,467,000,000                                  
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 355,026,950 and 352,562,636 issued and outstanding at september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                            10,219,000,000                                           
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 354,927,516 and 352,562,636 issued and outstanding at june 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                             10,217,000,000                                          
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 354,579,990 and 352,562,636 issued and outstanding at march 31, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                              10,209,000,000                                         
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 352,562,636 and 349,871,102 issued and outstanding at december 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively
                               10,172,000,000                                        
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 352,387,430 and 349,871,102 issued and outstanding at september 30, 2019 and december 31, 2018, respectively
                                10,168,000,000                                       
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 352,248,896 and 349,871,102 issued and outstanding at june 30, 2019 and december 31, 2018, respectively
                                 10,165,000,000                                      
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 351,873,984 and 349,871,102 issued and outstanding at march 31, 2019 and december 31, 2018, respectively
                                  10,151,000,000                                     
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 349,871,102 and 348,708,567 issued and outstanding at december 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively
                                   10,121,000,000                                    
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 349,754,139 and 348,708,567 issued and outstanding at september 30, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                    10,117,000,000                                   
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 349,600,960 and 348,708,567 issued and outstanding at june 30, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                     10,114,000,000                                  
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 349,219,074 and 348,708,567 issued and outstanding at march 31, 2018 and december 31, 2017, respectively
                                      10,103,000,000                                 
        total valeant pharmaceuticals international, inc. shareholders’ equity
                                      4,424,000,000 5,849,000,000 5,327,000,000 3,931,000,000 3,893,000,000 3,152,000,000 5,295,900,000 5,655,500,000 6,342,300,000 6,435,400,000 5,118,723,000 4,949,113,000                      
        current assets held for sale
                                        16,000,000 77,000,000 240,000,000 261,000,000                            
        non-current assets held for sale
                                       12,000,000 718,000,000 709,000,000 1,401,000,000 2,132,000,000                            
        current liabilities held for sale
                                         22,000,000 49,000,000 57,000,000                            
        non-current liabilities held for sale
                                        461,000,000  48,000,000 57,000,000                            
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 348,708,567 and 347,821,606 issued and outstanding at december 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively
                                       10,090,000,000                                
        pension and other benefit liabilities
                                        198,000,000 201,000,000 197,000,000 195,000,000 191,600,000 194,800,000 221,900,000 226,400,000 172,016,000 230,978,000                      
        liabilities for uncertain tax positions
                                        265,000,000 258,000,000 253,000,000 184,000,000 116,300,000 117,700,000 109,300,000 101,200,000 169,117,000 159,673,000 105,766,000 107,020,000 103,658,000 99,544,000 95,945,000                 
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 348,582,556 and 347,821,606 issued and outstanding at september 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016, respectively
                                        10,086,000,000                               
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 348,516,280 and 347,821,606
                                                                       
        issued and outstanding at june 30, 2017 and december 31, 2016, respectively
                                         10,085,000,000                              
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 347,860,891 and 347,821,606
                                                                       
        issued and outstanding at march 31, 2017 and december 31, 2016, respectively
                                          10,041,000,000                             
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 347,821,606 and
                                                                       
        342,926,531 issued and outstanding at december 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively
                                           10,038,000,000                            
        other long-term assets
                                            219,400,000 210,800,000 236,100,000 167,000,000 195,470,000 241,952,000 199,436,000 180,410,000 176,580,000 97,469,000 89,511,000 34,216,000 39,510,000 25,448,000 29,734,000 34,541,000 38,506,000 38,506,000 35,882,000 35,882,000 50,310,000 50,310,000 54,648,000  59,124,000 59,124,000  
        long-term debt
                                            30,773,200,000 31,303,400,000 30,176,300,000 30,290,200,000 17,162,946,000 17,043,750,000 10,447,230,000 10,327,444,000 10,535,443,000 7,422,558,000 7,356,021,000                 
        other long-term liabilities
                                            168,700,000 182,700,000 209,100,000 208,800,000 160,493,000 163,979,000 161,711,000 167,079,000 134,166,000 123,502,000 123,024,000        116,718,000 116,718,000 104,026,000 104,026,000 104,611,000  107,953,000 107,953,000  
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 343,030,673 and
                                                                       
        342,926,531 issued and outstanding at june 30, 2016 and december 31, 2015, respectively
                                            9,914,900,000                           
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 343,019,163 and
                                                                       
        342,926,531 issued and outstanding at march 31, 2016 and december 31, 2015, respectively
                                             9,905,900,000                          
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 343,094,009 and
                                                                       
        334,402,964 issued and outstanding at september 30, 2015 and december 31, 2014, respectively
                                              9,899,600,000                         
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 342,769,031 and
                                                                       
        334,402,964 issued and outstanding at june 30, 2015 and december 31, 2014, respectively
                                               9,880,800,000                        
        accounts receivable
                                                1,814,769,000 1,643,148,000 1,127,006,000 1,054,161,000 913,835,000 805,010,000 611,204,000                 
        assets held for sale
                                                15,942,000 53,457,000 54,400,000 56,930,000 90,983,000 9,925,000 28,203,000                 
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 333,036,637 and
                                                                       
        303,861,272 issued and outstanding at december 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively
                                                8,301,179,000                       
        accrued liabilities and other current liabilities
                                                 1,889,460,000 1,035,007,000 1,071,623,000 981,282,000 634,722,000 600,657,000                 
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 332,757,906 and
                                                                       
        303,861,272 issued and outstanding at september 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                 8,260,010,000                      
        shareholders’ equity
                                                       1,291,248,000 1,254,132,000  1,163,886,000 1,183,155,000 1,290,624,000 1,290,624,000 1,297,819,000 1,297,819,000 1,379,250,000 1,379,250,000 1,377,849,000    1,284,927,000 
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 332,455,182 and
                                                                       
        303,861,272 issued and outstanding at june 30, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                  8,250,192,000                     
        total shareholders’ equity
                                                  5,702,529,000 3,586,988,000 3,717,398,000 3,785,182,000                  
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                  19,782,258,000 17,486,467,000 17,950,379,000 14,146,208,000                  
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 303,801,803 and
                                                                       
        303,861,272 issued and outstanding at march 31, 2013 and december 31, 2012, respectively
                                                   5,942,536,000                    
        marketable securities
                                                    4,410,000   14,855,000 14,938,000 21,916,000 23,141,000 23,065,000 23,758,000 23,758,000 24,417,000 24,417,000 29,143,000 29,143,000      
        income taxes payable
                                                    19,910,000 10,208,000 15,537,000                 
        deferred revenue
                                                    7,032,000 18,142,000 7,031,000                 
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 303,861,272 and 306,371,032 issued and outstanding at december 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively
                                                    5,940,652,000                   
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 302,899,442 and
                                                                       
        306,371,032 issued and outstanding at september 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                     5,916,671,000                  
        shareholders' equity
                                                         1,201,599,000           1,342,468,000 1,342,468,000  
        common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, 302,052,589 and
                                                                       
        306,371,032 issued and outstanding at june 30, 2012 and december 31, 2011, respectively
                                                      5,885,225,000                 
        total shareholders' equity
                                                      3,695,431,000                 
        total liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                      14,019,820,000                 
        other current assets
                                                       195,598,000 187,871,000 172,817,000 197,066,000 310,000,000 223,954,000 223,954,000 273,376,000 273,376,000 203,106,000 203,106,000 203,493,000  212,792,000 212,792,000  
        long-term investment
                                                        725,000               
        deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
                                                       104,800,000  116,800,000 18,200,000 18,200,000 18,000,000 18,000,000 20,700,000 20,700,000        
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                       
        current liabilities
                                                       219,387,000 217,009,000 267,166,000 188,290,000 350,975,000 390,225,000 390,225,000 367,578,000 367,578,000 228,438,000 228,438,000 275,705,000  742,214,000 742,214,000  
        long-term liabilities
                                                       511,664,000 587,229,000 154,800,000 148,785,000 105,475,000 108,887,000 108,887,000          
        defend tax assets, net of valuation allowance
                                                        108,600,000               
        long-term investments
                                                         102,000 192,000 14,609,000 23,637,000 23,637,000 24,834,000 24,834,000 26,900,000 26,900,000 38,063,000  55,227,000 55,227,000  
        liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                       
        short-term investments
                                                            79,725,000 79,725,000          
        long-term obligations
                                                                   66 1,337,000 1,337,000 411,791,000 
        total assets under u.s. gaap
                                                                   2,192,442    
        canadian gaap adjustments
                                                                       
        marketable securities/long-term investments
                                                                       
        net unrealized holding gain on available-for-sale investments
                                                                       
        acquired research and development,,,
                                                                   112,299    
        value of consideration paid on acquisition of fuisz technologies ltd.
                                                                   7,763    
        settlement of fuisz pre-acquisition contract
                                                                       
        other
                                                                   2,312    
        other assets
                                                                       
        total assets under canadian gaap
                                                                   2,299,749    
        total liabilities under u.s. gaap
                                                                   890,185    
        total liabilities under canadian gaap
                                                                   890,251    
        total shareholders’ equity under u.s. gaap
                                                                   1,302,257    
        common shares
                                                                       
        stock-based compensation
                                                                   43,547    
        accretion of convertible debt
                                                                   26,116    
        value of consideration paid on acquisition of fuisz
                                                                   7,763    
        acquired research and development
                                                                   112,299    
        cumulative translation adjustment
                                                                       
        total shareholders’ equity under canadian gaap
                                                                   1,409,498    
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity under canadian gaap
                                                                   2,299,749    
        working capital
                                                                      647,337,000 
        long-lived assets
                                                                      1,055,369,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
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          cash flows from operating activities
                                                               
          net loss
        -1,431,000,000    -86,000,000 98,000,000 -92,000,000 -1,000,000 -77,000,000   27,000,000 -209,000,000   -139,000,000 -66,000,000 72,000,000 191,000,000 -593,000,000 -607,000,000 -152,000,000 70,000,000 -325,000,000 -152,000,000  -48,000,000 -170,000,000 -48,000,000              -27,530,000             
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
                                                               
          depreciation and amortization of intangible assets
        295,000,000 290,000,000 306,000,000 307,000,000 305,000,000 307,000,000 322,000,000 318,000,000 320,000,000 329,000,000 301,000,000 315,000,000 319,000,000 360,000,000 335,000,000 347,000,000 352,000,000 363,000,000 382,000,000 404,000,000 403,000,000 428,000,000 436,000,000 480,000,000 481,000,000 492,000,000 520,000,000 531,000,000 532,000,000 546,000,000 703,000,000 784,000,000 786,000,000 819,000,000 698,000,000 667,000,000 674,000,000                   
          amortization and write-off of debt premiums, discounts and issuance costs
        14,000,000  16,000,000 41,000,000 15,000,000  13,000,000 14,000,000 14,000,000  28,000,000 12,000,000 11,000,000  22,000,000 50,000,000 14,000,000  17,000,000 12,000,000 13,000,000  13,000,000 17,000,000 15,000,000  17,000,000 15,000,000 17,000,000                           
          goodwill impairments
        1,426,000,000              119,000,000    469,000,000                                   
          acquisition-related contingent consideration
        12,000,000 36,000,000 -32,000,000 -29,000,000 -11,000,000 -5,000,000 25,000,000 -4,000,000 -2,000,000 19,000,000 26,000,000 -17,000,000 31,000,000 27,000,000 4,000,000 -5,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000   -9,000,000 22,000,000 2,000,000 11,000,000 13,000,000 10,000,000 3,000,000 20,000,000 -21,000,000 14,000,000 -19,000,000 -6,000,000 2,000,000 8,000,000 -238,000,000 -49,000,000 -10,000,000 6,900,000 2,400,000 5,736,000 -38,664,000 5,854,000 -2,185,000 -10,896,000 -2,099,000           
          allowances for losses on trade receivable and inventories
        26,000,000  12,000,000 10,000,000 26,000,000  11,000,000 17,000,000 15,000,000  11,000,000 22,000,000 10,000,000  17,000,000 5,000,000 14,000,000  16,000,000 18,000,000 17,000,000  18,000,000 19,000,000 15,000,000  19,000,000 14,000,000 13,000,000  15,000,000 16,000,000 17,000,000  23,000,000 24,000,000 24,000,000                   
          deferred income taxes
        30,000,000 155,000,000 -24,000,000 -42,000,000 -9,000,000 170,000,000 -3,000,000 -44,000,000 -57,000,000 84,000,000 -3,000,000   19,000,000 -96,000,000 -16,000,000 -83,000,000 -88,000,000 -17,000,000 -106,000,000 -14,000,000 -262,000,000 -19,000,000 -124,000,000 -70,000,000 3,000,000 -92,000,000 -25,000,000 -116,000,000 -142,000,000 40,000,000 -2,000,000 -40,000,000 -1,401,000,000 -1,778,000,000 -253,000,000 -954,000,000   -330,273,000 -122,391,000 -25,865,000 -37,355,000 -212,510,000 -101,243,000 3,400,000          
          net gain on sale of assets
        -3,000,000      -4,000,000 1,000,000    -2,000,000    21,000,000 -23,000,000                                   
          adjustments to accrued legal settlements
        10,000,000  35,000,000 8,000,000 -3,000,000  188,000,000 21,000,000 6,000,000    1,000,000                                          
          payments of accrued legal settlements
        -161,000,000 -17,000,000 -92,000,000 -87,000,000 -19,000,000 -8,000,000 -218,000,000 -1,000,000 -3,000,000 -7,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,212,000,000 -360,000,000 -207,000,000 -15,000,000 -11,000,000 -118,000,000 -86,000,000 -48,000,000 -31,000,000 -3,000,000 -11,000,000 -3,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -50,000,000 -170,000,000 -8,000,000   -48,600,000 -2,800,000 -180,699,000 11,578,000 -8,908,000 -2,820,000 -4,061,000 -35,987,000           
          share-based compensation
        52,000,000 84,000,000 43,000,000 46,000,000 43,000,000 43,000,000 38,000,000 36,000,000 33,000,000 29,000,000 29,000,000 33,000,000 41,000,000 35,000,000 33,000,000 26,000,000 32,000,000 33,000,000 33,000,000 31,000,000 31,000,000 24,000,000 27,000,000 27,000,000 27,000,000 25,000,000 26,000,000 27,000,000 24,000,000 22,000,000 22,000,000 22,000,000 21,000,000 17,000,000 19,000,000 23,000,000 28,000,000 33,700,000 63,500,000 29,478,000 8,619,000 -1,714,000 9,095,000 47,689,000 3,391,000           
          gain excluded from hedge effectiveness
        -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -3,000,000 -3,000,000 -4,000,000 -3,000,000 -3,000,000 -3,000,000 -4,000,000 -3,000,000 -3,000,000 -3,000,000    -3,000,000 -6,000,000 -5,000,000 -6,000,000 -6,000,000 -6,000,000                                 
          loss on extinguishment of debt
        1,000,000             -192,000,000 -570,000,000   12,000,000 45,000,000 5,000,000 8,000,000 27,000,000 24,000,000 2,000,000 33,000,000 7,000,000 44,000,000 48,000,000 27,000,000 57,000,000 1,000,000 64,000,000   56,853,000   21,379,000             
          payments of contingent consideration adjustments, including accretion
        -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -6,000,000 -1,000,000   -1,000,000   -8,000,000                                  
          amortization of inventory step-up resulting from acquisitions
        3,000,000                                                       
          foreign exchange and other
        5,000,000 7,000,000 5,000,000 -21,000,000 -2,000,000 36,000,000 -15,000,000 -14,000,000 -4,000,000                                               
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                                               
          trade receivables
        148,000,000 65,000,000 -218,000,000 -91,000,000 110,000,000 -104,000,000 23,000,000 -72,000,000 -63,000,000 -19,000,000 -231,000,000 -53,000,000 108,000,000 -31,000,000 -133,000,000 -90,000,000 197,000,000 -52,000,000 -129,000,000 -108,000,000 60,000,000 103,000,000 -356,000,000 354,000,000 69,000,000 -71,000,000 54,000,000 -33,000,000 89,000,000 160,000,000 -72,000,000 -76,000,000 204,000,000 79,000,000 -114,000,000 20,000,000 432,000,000 -48,700,000 5,500,000                 
          inventories
        -14,000,000 -5,000,000 16,000,000 7,000,000 -30,000,000 -49,000,000 -42,000,000 -32,000,000 -144,000,000 -100,000,000 -62,000,000 -32,000,000 -128,000,000 -4,000,000 -56,000,000 -65,000,000 -73,000,000 46,000,000 -15,000,000 -12,000,000 -35,000,000 101,000,000 10,000,000 -94,000,000 -94,000,000 -4,000,000 -84,000,000 -53,000,000 -68,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000   6,000,000   -38,000,000 -59,200,000 -85,900,000 -76,551,000 -12,190,000 -9,012,000 -24,948,000 -70,517,000 6,646,000           
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
        -27,000,000 32,000,000 5,000,000 12,000,000 -46,000,000 13,000,000 1,000,000 -2,000,000 121,000,000 -148,000,000 -21,000,000 -21,000,000 -33,000,000 -34,000,000 16,000,000 -15,000,000 -33,000,000 -41,000,000 16,000,000   1,000,000 27,000,000 2,000,000 -18,000,000 -15,000,000 15,000,000 16,000,000 -15,000,000 -19,000,000 23,000,000 -6,000,000 -70,000,000 1,000,000 12,000,000 18,000,000 2,000,000 5,200,000 156,500,000 32,552,000 44,432,000 5,476,000 -122,000 61,151,000 -7,457,000           
          accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities
        -150,000,000 -284,000,000 144,000,000 163,000,000 -99,000,000 24,000,000 144,000,000 138,000,000 51,000,000 97,000,000 166,000,000 -97,000,000 -8,000,000 47,000,000 -96,000,000 49,000,000 -75,000,000 -170,000,000 46,000,000 130,000,000 115,000,000 -185,000,000 70,000,000 -271,000,000 -85,000,000 -116,000,000 26,000,000 -55,000,000 -4,000,000 -228,000,000 84,000,000 -66,000,000 89,000,000 88,000,000 143,000,000 -40,000,000 196,000,000 60,000,000 -25,900,000                 
          net cash from operating activities
        230,000,000 495,000,000 405,000,000 289,000,000 211,000,000 601,000,000 405,000,000 380,000,000 211,000,000 390,000,000 282,000,000 206,000,000 154,000,000 475,000,000 -1,263,000,000 123,000,000 -63,000,000 24,000,000 564,000,000 395,000,000 443,000,000 394,000,000 256,000,000 200,000,000 261,000,000 234,000,000 515,000,000 339,000,000 413,000,000 319,000,000 522,000,000 222,000,000 438,000,000 578,000,000 490,000,000 268,000,000 954,000,000 448,100,000 558,100,000 840,245,000 -103,316,000 49,679,000 255,349,000 489,751,000 -87,775,000 -7,884,000     92,676,000     
          capital expenditures
        -109,000,000 -92,000,000 -91,000,000 -99,000,000 -115,000,000 -106,000,000 -71,000,000 -78,000,000 -82,000,000 -98,000,000 -42,000,000 -28,000,000 -47,000,000 -66,000,000 -54,000,000 -52,000,000 -46,000,000 -78,000,000 -63,000,000 -62,000,000 -66,000,000 -80,000,000 -81,000,000 -69,000,000 -72,000,000 -78,000,000 -83,000,000 -62,000,000 -47,000,000 -62,000,000 -32,000,000 -30,000,000 -33,000,000 -53,000,000 -43,000,000 -37,000,000 -38,000,000 -66,000,000 -62,300,000 -90,387,000 -12,171,000 1,281,000 -14,042,000 -50,569,000 -43,468,000         
          free cash flows
        121,000,000 403,000,000 314,000,000 190,000,000 96,000,000 495,000,000 334,000,000 302,000,000 129,000,000 292,000,000 240,000,000 178,000,000 107,000,000 409,000,000 -1,317,000,000 71,000,000 -109,000,000 -54,000,000 501,000,000 333,000,000 377,000,000 314,000,000 175,000,000 131,000,000 189,000,000 156,000,000 432,000,000 277,000,000 366,000,000 257,000,000 490,000,000 192,000,000 405,000,000 525,000,000 447,000,000 231,000,000 916,000,000 382,100,000 495,800,000 749,858,000 -115,487,000 50,960,000 241,307,000 439,182,000 -131,243,000 -7,884,000     92,676,000     
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                               
          acquisitions and other investments
         -187,000,000 -5,000,000 -12,000,000 -91,000,000     -1,856,000,000 -31,000,000                                           
          purchases of property, plant and equipment
        -109,000,000 -92,000,000 -91,000,000 -99,000,000 -115,000,000 -106,000,000 -71,000,000 -78,000,000 -82,000,000 -98,000,000 -42,000,000 -28,000,000 -47,000,000 -66,000,000 -54,000,000 -52,000,000 -46,000,000 -78,000,000 -63,000,000 -62,000,000 -66,000,000 -80,000,000 -81,000,000 -69,000,000 -72,000,000 -78,000,000 -83,000,000 -62,000,000 -47,000,000 -62,000,000 -32,000,000 -30,000,000 -33,000,000 -53,000,000 -43,000,000 -37,000,000 -38,000,000 -66,000,000 -62,300,000 -90,387,000 -12,171,000 1,281,000 -14,042,000 -50,569,000 -43,468,000           
          acquisition of intangible assets and other assets
        -38,000,000 -1,000,000 -9,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000                       -61,000,000 -14,000,000 -19,000,000 -5,000,000 -10,000,000 -131,000,000 -3,000,000 -7,300,000 -64,784,000 27,657,000 -31,802,000 -707,000             
          purchases of marketable securities
        -1,000,000 -5,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -4,000,000 -5,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -3,000,000 -14,000,000 -2,000,000 2,000,000 -13,000,000 -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -9,000,000 -5,000,000 -5,000,000 -3,000,000 -6,000,000 -5,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000 -8,000,000 -3,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000 -1,000,000   -3,000,000 -3,000,000                     
          proceeds from sale of marketable securities
        1,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 1,000,000 6,000,000 13,000,000 4,000,000 -2,000,000 11,000,000 2,000,000 7,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 3,000,000 6,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000 7,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000                     
          proceeds from sale of assets and businesses, net of costs to sell
        3,000,000    5,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 4,000,000       644,000,000 21,000,000 4,000,000 21,000,000 1,000,000 11,000,000 8,000,000 25,000,000 2,000,000 38,000,000 2,000,000 -8,000,000 190,000,000 919,000,000 827,000,000 1,317,000,000 105,100,000 6,300,000                 
          interest settlements from cross-currency swaps
        5,000,000 6,000,000 6,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000      12,000,000 11,000,000 12,000,000 11,000,000                               
          net cash from investing activities
        -139,000,000 -282,000,000 -83,000,000 -100,000,000 -130,000,000 -200,000,000 -102,000,000 -79,000,000 -73,000,000 -148,000,000 -1,889,000,000 -30,000,000 -78,000,000 -136,000,000 -53,000,000 -58,000,000 -56,000,000 -80,000,000 588,000,000 -43,000,000 -56,000,000 -84,000,000 -70,000,000 -67,000,000 -40,000,000 -85,000,000 -73,000,000 -58,000,000 -203,000,000 -62,000,000 5,000,000 -91,000,000 -48,000,000 90,000,000 869,000,000 780,000,000 1,148,000,000 49,900,000 -112,000,000 -911,277,000 -3,937,376,000 -296,837,000 -234,896,000 -2,668,325,000 178,745,000           
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                               
          issuance of long-term debt, net of discounts
        2,802,000,000 133,000,000 -1,000,000 10,372,000,000 50,000,000 506,000,000 80,000,000 75,000,000 146,000,000 2,690,000,000 300,000,000 155,000,000 355,000,000 161,000,000 5,334,000,000 986,000,000 524,000,000 -3,000,000 1,582,000,000 -3,000,000 1,979,000,000 -1,000,000 1,480,000,000 -3,000,000                               
          repayments of long-term debt
        -2,857,000,000 -352,000,000 -704,000,000 -9,967,000,000 -168,000,000 -411,000,000 -164,000,000 -495,000,000 -390,000,000 -203,000,000 -817,000,000 -411,000,000 -279,000,000 -622,000,000 -141,000,000 -6,598,000,000 -485,000,000 -240,000,000 -1,100,000,000 -1,900,000,000 -200,000,000 -2,480,000,000 -100,000,000 -1,603,000,000 -1,459,000,000 -450,000,000 -453,000,000 -1,882,000,000 -1,621,000,000 -1,901,000,000 -364,000,000 -6,105,000,000 -1,731,000,000 -4,954,000,000 -1,410,000,000 -220,000,000 -7,619,000,000 -847,500,000 -425,600,000 -1,545,194,000 -4,606,318,000 255,329,000 -430,036,000 -1,898,055,000 96,118,000           
          payments of employee withholding taxes related to share-based awards
        -34,000,000  -5,000,000 -3,000,000 -16,000,000  -5,000,000 -4,000,000 -14,000,000  -8,000,000 -3,000,000 -12,000,000  -1,000,000 -4,000,000 -25,000,000  -3,000,000 -4,000,000 -41,000,000  -1,000,000 -5,000,000 -24,000,000  -1,000,000 -5,000,000 -34,000,000                           
          payments of acquisition-related contingent consideration
        -8,000,000 -8,000,000 -6,000,000 -5,000,000 -7,000,000 -7,000,000 -8,000,000 -5,000,000 -7,000,000 -18,000,000 -6,000,000 -4,000,000 -7,000,000 -7,000,000 -6,000,000 -5,000,000 -8,000,000 -6,000,000 -36,000,000 -35,000,000 -6,000,000 -5,000,000 -7,000,000 -6,000,000 -17,000,000  -7,000,000 -11,000,000 -9,000,000                           
          payments of financing costs
        -1,000,000 -7,000,000 -2,000,000 -31,000,000 -5,000,000 2,000,000 -3,000,000 -4,000,000 -35,000,000   -37,000,000 -33,000,000 -1,000,000 -10,000,000 -34,000,000 -4,000,000 -21,000,000 -18,000,000 -2,000,000   -40,000,000 -3,000,000 -39,000,000 -20,000,000 -71,000,000 -1,000,000 -38,000,000 -64,900,000 -300,000                 
          other
        -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000   -2,000,000    -10,000,000 -7,000,000 10,000,000 -4,000,000 -15,000,000 -6,000,000 10,000,000 -8,000,000 -9,000,000 -6,000,000 -18,000,000 -11,000,000 2,000,000 -2,000,000 -7,000,000 9,000,000 11,000,000 7,000,000 9,000,000 2,000,000 -17,000,000 1,000,000 -3,000,000 -2,000,000 -22,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -11,400,000 1,900,000 5,244,000 -1,169,000 -4,574,000 965,000 -10,124,000 -5,520,000     568,000 568,000  1,354,000 696,000 696,000 
          net cash from financing activities
        -100,000,000 -235,000,000 -719,000,000 358,000,000 -146,000,000 85,000,000 -189,000,000 -424,000,000 -340,000,000 -79,000,000 1,816,000,000 -120,000,000 -142,000,000 -276,000,000 -36,000,000 -630,000,000 468,000,000 275,000,000 -1,157,000,000 -388,000,000 -243,000,000 -503,000,000 -117,000,000 -153,000,000 -1,521,000,000 2,255,000,000 -474,000,000 -188,000,000 -150,000,000 -502,000,000 -386,000,000 -177,000,000 -288,000,000 -1,842,000,000 -1,430,000,000 -249,000,000 -1,442,000,000 -951,500,000 259,200,000 1,709,274,000 -37,603,000 2,872,000,000 -515,919,000 3,065,300,000 -300,430,000           
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        -4,000,000  -6,000,000 39,000,000 21,000,000                                                   
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        -13,000,000    -44,000,000                                                   
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period
        1,325,000,000  1,201,000,000            2,119,000,000  1,816,000,000                                   
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period
        1,312,000,000  -403,000,000 586,000,000 1,157,000,000  127,000,000 -132,000,000 755,000,000        2,460,000,000                                       
          cash and cash equivalents
        1,299,000,000  -419,000,000 593,000,000 1,134,000,000  124,000,000 -138,000,000 733,000,000  181,000,000 61,000,000 518,000,000  -173,000,000 -590,000,000 1,249,000,000  48,000,000 -37,000,000 679,000,000  81,000,000 -16,000,000 912,000,000  -53,000,000 96,000,000 782,000,000                   -135,051,000 -77,481,000 431,537,000    870,175,000  
          restricted cash
        13,000,000  16,000,000 -7,000,000 23,000,000  3,000,000 6,000,000 22,000,000  11,000,000 -4,000,000 13,000,000                                           
          net income
         -103,000,000 181,000,000                           -342,000,000 -351,000,000 -760,000,000 -2,691,000,000 512,000,000 1,300,000,000 -37,000,000 629,000,000 -304,000,000 -372,900,000 108,306,000 -982,841,000   -123,670,000 29,252,000 16,272,000 54,513,000 91,156,000 -81,665,000 56,376,000 56,376,000 28,092,000 -1,957,000 93,819,000 93,819,000 
          amortization and write-off of debt discounts and debt issuance costs
                                     17,000,000 18,000,000 21,000,000 23,000,000 51,000,000 34,000,000 23,000,000 43,000,000 36,100,000 20,500,000 61,889,000 -5,707,000               
          asset impairments
         7,000,000    23,000,000 5,000,000 1,000,000  4,000,000 37,000,000 13,000,000          2,000,000 1,000,000 14,000,000 26,000,000 33,000,000 13,000,000 3,000,000 134,000,000 89,000,000 301,000,000 44,000,000 85,000,000 406,000,000 85,000,000 138,000,000                   
          goodwill impairment
                                       2,213,000,000                      
          allowances for losses on trade receivables and inventories
                                                               
          additions to accrued legal settlements
                         35,000,000 2,000,000    4,000,000 120,000,000 23,000,000   1,000,000 2,000,000   -1,000,000 11,000,000    76,000,000  1,600,000 70,894,000 148,477,000 -3,324,000 4,448,000             
          gain on extinguishment of debt
         19,000,000 -3,000,000   -12,000,000 -11,000,000                                               
          third party fees paid in connection with the 2022 exchange
                                                               
          payment of employee withholding taxes related to share-based awards
                                                               
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
                        -8,000,000 -4,000,000 -9,000,000 7,000,000 -13,000,000 21,000,000 12,000,000 4,000,000 -21,000,000 13,000,000 -21,000,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 -5,000,000 -6,000,000 -25,000,000 10,000,000 2,000,000 15,000,000 16,000,000 8,000,000 -4,500,000 7,800,000 -10,950,000 9,598,000 3,167,000 -6,889,000 2,790,000 7,137,000 143,000       -313,000 31,000 31,000 
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
         -15,000,000 -403,000,000              341,000,000                                       
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of year
                                                               
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of year
                                                               
          cash and cash equivalents, end of year
                                                               
          restricted cash, end of year
                                                               
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                               
          amortization of interim contract and inventory step-up resulting from acquisitions
          20,000,000 20,000,000 22,000,000 21,000,000 21,000,000 20,000,000 20,000,000                                               
          proceeds from b+l initial public offering, net of costs
                                                              
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and other settlement deposits
             451,000,000    182,000,000   -60,000,000 94,000,000 -1,382,000,000                                         
          cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and other settlement deposits, beginning of year
                                                               
          cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and other settlement deposits, end of year
                                                               
          restricted cash and other settlement deposits, end of year
                                                               
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and other
              13,000,000 -9,000,000 -5,000,000  -17,000,000 1,000,000 6,000,000  -30,000,000                                         
          cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and other settlement deposits, beginning of period
              962,000,000 591,000,000                                         
          net loss on sale of assets
                                                               
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and other settlement deposits
               -132,000,000 -207,000,000                                               
          third party fees paid in connection with the exchange offer
                   -3,000,000                                          
          asset impairments, including loss on assets held for sale
                     1,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 21,000,000 18,000,000 47,000,000 148,000,000                                   
          acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                 -180,000,000 5,000,000     -18,500,000 -814,218,000 -3,925,868,000 -275,854,000 -237,603,000 -3,239,919,000 208,653,000           
          cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and other settlement deposits, end of period
                 182,000,000 192,000,000 57,000,000 531,000,000 94,000,000 -1,382,000,000                                         
          foreign exchange loss
                  8,000,000      -2,000,000 -2,000,000 1,000,000 -5,000,000 12,000,000 -6,000,000 3,000,000 -5,000,000 16,000,000 -1,000,000                              
          payments for intangible and other assets
                  -4,000,000 -3,000,000 -4,000,000  -5,000,000 -4,000,000 -11,000,000  -5,000,000 -2,000,000 -2,000,000  -1,000,000                                
          foreign exchange gain
                    6,000,000                  -1,000,000 10,000,000 -25,000,000  -13,000,000 -39,000,000 -31,000,000     12,306,000 -1,770,000             
          restricted cash and other settlement deposits
                      -1,209,000,000 9,000,000 1,211,000,000                                       
          net proceeds from b+l initial public offering, net of costs
                                                               
          cash and cash equivalents, held for sale
                           8,000,000 54,000,000                                   
          reductions to accrued legal settlements
                        -1,000,000                                       
          gain on disposal of assets
                                                               
          settlements from cross-currency swaps
                                                               
          borrowings of short-term debt
                                                               
          repayments of short-term debt
                                -4,000,000   -2,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000                     
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and other settlement deposits
                                                               
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and other settlement deposits, beginning of year
                                                               
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and other settlement deposits, end of year
                                                               
          proceeds from the issuances of short-term debt
                                                             
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash and cash equivalents held for sale
                           -29,000,000 131,000,000                                   
          cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash and cash equivalents held for sale, end of period
                           -29,000,000 1,947,000,000                                   
          restricted cash, current
                           1,214,000,000  1,011,000,000  2,000,000                           
          loss on disposal of assets
                                                   10,551,000            
          additions (reductions) to accrued legal settlements
                                 1,389,000,000                              
          payments of deferred consideration
                                           -16,100,000 -500,000,000                 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash
                             -172,000,000 81,000,000 -16,000,000 -1,321,000,000 2,417,000,000 -53,000,000 96,000,000 61,000,000 -250,000,000 135,000,000   -1,172,000,000                      
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of year
                                                               
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of year
                                                               
          gain on sale of assets
                              -1,000,000   1,000,000 -10,000,000                           
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period
                              3,244,000,000  723,000,000  797,000,000                      
          cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period
                              81,000,000 -16,000,000 1,923,000,000  -53,000,000 96,000,000 784,000,000  135,000,000   -1,172,000,000                      
          interest expense on cross-currency swaps
                                -6,000,000                               
          loss on disposal of assets and businesses
                                                               
          insurance proceeds for legal settlement
                                         40,000,000                     
          payment of share-based awards tax withholding
                                                               
          payments of contingent consideration
                                     -11,000,000 -8,000,000 -7,000,000 -11,000,000 -11,000,000 -9,000,000 -17,000,000 -8,000,000 -18,800,000 -25,600,000 -114,930,000 46,755,000 -40,831,000 -21,054,000 -85,100,000 14,692,000           
          loss on sale of assets
                                                               
          net proceeds from the issuances of long-term debt
                                  -5,000,000 1,729,000,000 1,514,000,000                           
          debt extinguishment costs
                                    -1,000,000                           
          acquisition accounting adjustment on inventory sold
                                             7,500,000 28,900,000 223,050,000 122,882,000 -16,723,000 43,241,000 72,813,000 -4,285,000           
          (reductions) additions to accrued legal settlements
                                     3,000,000                          
          reduction of cash due to deconsolidation
                                             -30,200,000                 
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
                                     1,000,000        -100,000 800,000 7,477,000 644,000 -783,000 2,677,000 17,817,000 3,298,000           
          payment of employee withholding tax upon vesting of share-based awards
                                       -3,000,000 -5,000,000 -1,000,000   400,000 -7,700,000                 
          loss on disposals of assets and businesses
                                            -317,000,000                   
          issuances of long-term debt, net of discount
                                                               
          payments of employee withholding tax upon vesting of share-based awards
                                                296,000 -7,835,000 -6,848,000  2,534,000           
          restricted cash, noncurrent
                                                               
          gain on disposals of assets and businesses
                                          -328,000,000                     
          payment of contingent consideration adjustments, including accretion
                                          -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000                   
          issuance of long-term debt, net of discount
                                       5,993,000,000 1,481,000,000 3,193,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000 6,234,000,000 1,220,000,000 1,276,235,000 6,825,121,000   5,883,463,000 -518,472,000           
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                                       -71,000,000 909,000,000 -244,000,000 -250,000,000 4,000,000 1,210,000,000 -458,000,000 1,310,400,000  -1,943,043,000 2,125,654,000 413,736,000  -137,536,000 -3,512,000 -94,359,000 57,850,000 -77,481,000 431,537,000 431,537,000 -195,859,000 -57,552,000 870,175,000 870,175,000 
          restricted cash, end of period
                                         -851,000,000                      
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                        112,000,000    668,000,000 -458,000,000 713,100,000 1,627,292,000 -4,068,697,000 2,628,009,000 -502,355,000 889,516,000 -202,323,000         35,635,000 35,635,000 
          net settlement of assumed derivative contracts
                                                               
          repayments of convertible notes assumed
                                                               
          issuance of common stock
                                               2,308,806,000 -2,272,620,000               
          repurchases of common shares
                                                 14,381,000 -35,005,000             
          loss on deconsolidation
                                             18,400,000                 
          restricted cash included in other non-current assets, end of period
                                                               
          additions (reduction) to accrued legal settlements
                                                               
          restricted cash included in current assets, end of period
                                                               
          short-term debt borrowings
                                             1,500,000 700,000 22,649,000 -9,407,000 9,700,000 4,471,000 26,435,000 -3,306,000           
          short-term debt repayments
                                            -1,000,000 -1,200,000 -700,000 -49,882,000 -14,403,000 -9,438,000 -1,417,000 -26,255,000 16,762,000           
          tax benefit from share-based compensation
                                             1,400,000                 
          acquisition of noncontrolling interest
                                            -9,000,000                   
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
                                            542,000,000 597,300,000  2,125,654,000 -502,355,000 916,091,000  64,787,000 -244,776,000   -2,104,000 433,641,000 433,641,000  -400,717,000 834,540,000 834,540,000 
          (reduction) additions to accrued legal settlements
                                                               
          proceeds from sales and maturities of short-term investments
                                                               
          settlement of foreign currency forward exchange contracts
                                                               
          purchase of equity method investment
                                                               
          proceeds from sale of equity method investment
                                                               
          increase in restricted cash
                                                               
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
                                                               
          depreciation and amortization, including impairments of finite-lived intangible assets
                                             935,100,000 746,800,000 1,069,850,000                
          in-process research and development impairments
                                                               
          gain on disposal of assets and businesses
                                                               
          allowances for losses on accounts receivable and inventories
                                             24,100,000 28,400,000 52,163,000 4,544,000 2,582,000 8,994,000 14,946,000 5,113,000           
          deferred income tax (benefit) expense
                                             -138,400,000 -26,200,000                 
          foreign exchange (gain) loss
                                             -13,700,000 -1,800,000                 
          increase in restricted cash and cash equivalents
                                                               
          non-cash investing and financing activities
                                                               
          acquisition of businesses, contingent and deferred consideration obligations at fair value
                                                               
          acquisition of businesses, debt assumed
                                               -42,583,000 -4,217,113,000 32,525,000 -37,554,000             
          payment of accreted interest on contingent consideration
                                              -2,200,000 -7,777,000 -1,113,000 -1,596,000 -638,000 -1,770,000 346,000           
          adjustments to reconcile net income (income) to net cash from operating activities:
                                                               
          tax benefits from stock options exercised
                                               7,979,000 -20,334,000 -7,241,000 -4,604,000 -10,174,000 515,000           
          decrease
                                                               
          in-process research and development impairments and other charges
                                               29,658,000 119,151,000               
          gain on sale of marketable securities
                                                  -1,859,000             
          accounts receivable
                                               -314,341,000 97,736,000 44,452,000 -89,227,000 -36,785,000 -190,829,000           
          proceeds from sale of assets
                                                 10,572,000 8,429,000 81,279,000            
          proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities
                                                 -1,034,000 9,027,000             
          purchases of marketable securities and other investments
                                                               
          repurchases of convertible debt
                                                               
          cash settlement of convertible debt
                                                   -544,192,000            
          cash settlement of call options
                                                               
          payments of debt issuance costs
                                               -81,161,000 -46,528,000 32,986,000 -33,311,000 -10,591,000 -21,455,000           
          distributions to noncontrolling interest
                                                              
          acquisition of businesses, contingent consideration at fair value
                                                   -128,471,000 91,027,000           
          settlement of convertible debt, equity issued
                                                               
          accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other liabilities
                                                -101,233,000 38,182,000 9,193,000 -113,422,000 93,387,000           
          acquisition of businesses, contingent consideration obligations at fair value
                                                 50,773,000 -59,064,000             
          depreciation and amortization
                                                 -23,591,000 341,445,000 750,911,000 13,445,000 11,204,000   272,000 25,073,000 25,073,000  -3,156,000 21,885,000 21,885,000 
          (gain) loss on sale of marketable securities
                                                               
          amortization of debt discounts and debt issuance costs
                                                  9,647,000  9,370,000           
          amortization and write-down of discounts and debt issuance costs
                                                               
          foreign exchange
                                                               
          loss on sale of marketable securities and other charges
                                                               
          income taxes payable
                                                   21,011,000 14,810,000           
          acquisitions of intangible assets and other assets
                                                               
          cash dividends paid
                                                               
          acquisition of valeant, equity issued
                                                               
          acquisition of valeant, debt assumed
                                                               
          acquired in-process research and development
                                                    140,732,000 -22,288,000          
          acquisition of intangible assets
                                                    -5,610,000           
          decrease in restricted cash
                                                               
          amortization of deferred revenue
                                                               
          amortization and write-down of deferred financing costs
                                                     260,000       -3,926,000   
          amortization of discounts on long-term obligations
                                                     2,118,000        201,000 201,000 
          impairment charges
                                                     -9,289,000   48,358,000 3,616,000 3,616,000     
          stock-based compensation
                                                     -208,000   2,315,000 1,429,000 1,429,000  -1,077,000 4,226,000 4,226,000 
          gain on sale of investments
                                                               
          payment of accrued legal settlements, net of insurance recoveries
                                                               
          accrued contract costs
                                                               
          equity loss
                                                         1,195,000 1,195,000  -37,000 424,000 424,000 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities
                                                     15,697,000    14,289,000 14,289,000     
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                               
          payment of accrued legal settlements
                                                               
          amortization and write-down of discounts on long-term obligations
                                                               
          additions to accrued legal settlements, net of insurance recoveries
                                                               
          gain on disposal of investments
                                                               
          premium paid on early extinguishment of debt
                                                               
          contract recoveries
                                                               
          assets
                                                               
          other current assets
                                                       -112,934,000 86,046,000 223,954,000    212,792,000  
          marketable securities
                                                       76,000 -693,000 23,758,000      
          long-term investments
                                                       -14,417,000 -9,028,000 23,637,000    55,227,000  
          property, plant and equipment
                                                       -14,791,000 -51,501,000 233,799,000    212,988,000  
          intangible assets
                                                       143,280,000 -13,984,000 616,526,000    683,372,000  
          goodwill
                                                       100,294,000    100,294,000  
          deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance
                                                       200,000 18,000,000      
          other long-term assets
                                                       -4,807,000 -3,965,000 38,506,000    59,124,000  
          liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                               
          current liabilities
                                                       -162,685,000 -39,250,000 390,225,000    742,214,000  
          long-term liabilities
                                                       43,310,000 -3,412,000 108,887,000      
          shareholders’ equity
                                                       -19,269,000 -107,469,000 1,290,624,000      
          gain on disposal of investment
                                                               
          accrued legal settlements
                                                               
          short-term investments
                                                         79,725,000      
          amortization of deferred financing costs
                                                         130,000 130,000   531,000 531,000 
          net cash provided by operating activities
                                                         92,676,000      
          net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                               
          long-term obligations
                                                             1,337,000  
          other long-term liabilities
                                                             107,953,000  
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from continuing operating activities
                                                               
          accrued legal settlements, net of insurance recoveries
                                                               
          gains on disposal of investments and intangible assets
                                                               
          impairment charges and asset write-offs
                                                               
          loss from discontinued operation
                                                               
          net cash from continuing operating activities
                                                            -54,862,000 119,828,000 119,828,000 
          net cash from continuing investing activities
                                                               
          net cash from continuing financing activities
                                                               
          net cash from discontinued operation
                                                               
          income from discontinued operation
                                                               
          gain on disposal of intangible assets
                                                               
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash from continuing operating activities
                                                               
          contract costs
                                                               
          loss (income) from discontinued operation
                                                               
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by continuing operating activities
                                                               
          accrued contract losses
                                                               
          receipt of leasehold inducements
                                                               
          acquired research and development
                                                               
          deposits and prepaid expenses
                                                               
          accounts payable
                                                               
          accrued liabilities
                                                               
          deferred revenue
                                                               
          net cash provided by continuing operating activities
                                                               
          additions to property, plant and equipment
                                                               
          proceeds on disposal of intangible assets, net of withholding tax
                                                               
          acquisitions of long-term investments
                                                               
          acquisitions of intangible assets
                                                               
          acquisition of business, net of cash acquired
                                                               
          dividends paid
                                                               
          repayments of other long-term obligations
                                                               
          issuance of common shares
                                                               
          financing costs paid
                                                               
          repurchase of senior subordinated notes
                                                               
          proceeds (payment) on termination of interest rate swaps
                                                               
          repayments under credit facility
                                                               
          net cash used in continuing financing activities
                                                               
          cash flows from discontinued operation
                                                               
          net cash used in operating activities
                                                               
          net cash used in investing activities
                                                               
          net cash used in discontinued operation
                                                               
          liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                               
          shareholders' equity
                                                             1,342,468,000  
          product sales
                                                               
          total revenue
                                                               
          operating income
                                                               
          operating income excluding specific items
                                                               
          diluted earnings per share
                                                               
          diluted eps excluding specific items
                                                               
          cash dividends declared per share
                                                               
          total assets
                                                               
          product
                                                               
          sales
                                                               
          long-term
                                                               
          obligations
                                                               
          operating income excluding specific items*
                                                               
          diluted eps excluding specific items*