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Biogen Inc
(NASDAQ:BIIB) 

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Biogen Inc. discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers therapies for treating neurological and neurodegenerative diseases worldwide. The company offers TECFIDERA, VUMERITY, AVONEX, PLEGRIDY, TYSABRI, and FAMPYRA for multiple sclerosis (MS); SPINRAZA for spinal muscular atrophy; and FUMADERM to ...

Founded: 1978
Full Time Employees: 7,400
Sector: Healthcare
Industry: Drug Manufacturers-General

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      revenue:
                                                                                          
      product revenue
    1,752,300,000 1,667,300,000 1,846,900,000 1,878,700,000 1,726,500,000                                                                                  
      revenue from anti-cd20 therapeutic programs
    419,100,000 521,200,000 493,900,000 467,300,000 378,200,000 465,200,000 446,200,000 444,500,000 394,000,000 435,800,000 420,900,000 433,400,000 399,500,000 447,900,000 416,900,000 436,300,000 399,400,000 414,100,000 415,400,000 440,000,000 389,000,000                                                                  
      alzheimer's collaboration revenue
    59,500,000 47,100,000 42,700,000 54,900,000 33,000,000                                                                                  
      contract manufacturing, royalty and other revenue
    246,900,000 43,800,000 151,200,000 244,600,000 293,300,000 97,000,000 250,200,000 120,800,000 184,600,000 118,100,000 304,200,000 197,500,000 319,100,000                                                                          
      total revenue
    2,477,800,000 2,279,400,000 2,534,700,000 2,645,500,000 2,431,000,000 2,454,700,000 2,465,800,000 2,464,900,000 2,290,500,000 2,386,300,000 2,530,300,000 2,456,000,000 2,463,000,000 2,544,000,000 2,508,500,000 2,589,100,000 2,531,800,000 2,733,800,000 2,778,900,000 2,775,000,000 2,694,000,000 2,852,600,000 3,376,100,000 3,681,600,000 3,534,300,000 3,671,300,000 3,600,100,000 3,616,700,000 3,489,800,000 3,526,300,000 3,439,000,000 3,356,500,000 3,131,100,000 3,307,000,000 3,077,800,000 3,078,400,000 2,810,700,000 2,872,000,000 2,955,800,000 2,894,200,000 2,726,800,000 2,839,336,000 2,777,859,000 2,591,642,000 2,554,963,000 2,640,675,000 2,511,446,000 2,421,452,000 2,129,751,000 1,965,850,000 1,827,780,000 1,723,473,000 1,415,096,000 1,417,941,000 1,385,554,000 1,420,951,000 1,292,014,000 3,738,700,000 1,309,934,000 1,208,647,000 1,203,342,000  1,175,800,000 1,212,702,000 1,108,860,000 3,256,830,000 1,120,518,000 1,093,289,000 1,036,484,000 1,068,913,000 1,092,964,000 993,444,000 942,186,000 893,300,000 789,231,000 773,176,000 715,910,000 708,341,000 703,492,000 660,041,000 611,175,000 632,853,000 596,211,000 605,634,000 587,802,000  
      yoy
    1.93% -7.14% 2.79% 7.33% 6.13% 2.87% -2.55% 0.36% -7.00% -6.20% 0.87% -5.14% -2.72% -6.94% -9.73% -6.70% -6.02% -4.16% -17.69% -24.63% -23.78% -22.30% -6.22% 1.79% 1.28% 4.11% 4.68% 7.75% 11.46% 6.63% 11.74% 9.03% 11.40% 15.15% 4.13% 6.36% 3.08% 1.15% 6.41% 11.67% 6.73% 7.52% 10.61% 7.03% 19.97% 34.33% 37.40% 40.50% 50.50% 38.64% 31.92% 21.29% 9.53% -62.07% 5.77% 17.57% 7.37%  11.41% -0.33% 8.52%  4.93% 10.92% 6.98% 204.69% 2.52% 10.05% 10.01% 19.66% 38.48% 28.49% 31.61% 26.11% 12.19% 17.14% 17.14% 11.93% 17.99% 8.98% 3.98%      
      qoq
    8.70% -10.07% -4.19% 8.82% -0.97% -0.45% 0.04% 7.61% -4.01% -5.69% 3.03% -0.28% -3.18% 1.42% -3.11% 2.26% -7.39% -1.62% 0.14% 3.01% -5.56% -15.51% -8.30% 4.17% -3.73% 1.98% -0.46% 3.64% -1.04% 2.54% 2.46% 7.20% -5.32% 7.45% -0.02% 9.52% -2.13% -2.84% 2.13% 6.14% -3.96% 2.21% 7.19% 1.44% -3.25% 5.15% 3.72% 13.70% 8.34% 7.55% 6.05% 21.79% -0.20% 2.34% -2.49% 9.98% -65.44% 185.41% 8.38% 0.44%   -3.04% 9.36% -65.95% 190.65% 2.49% 5.48% -3.03% -2.20% 10.02% 5.44% 5.47% 13.19% 2.08% 8.00% 1.07% 0.69% 6.58% 8.00% -3.43% 6.15% -1.56% 3.03%   
      cost and expense:
                                                                                          
      cost of sales, excluding amortization and impairment of acquired intangible assets
    661,000,000 495,500,000 674,400,000 605,000,000 629,300,000 583,500,000 638,700,000 546,000,000 542,200,000 618,300,000 659,600,000 592,700,000 662,800,000 570,900,000 469,500,000 484,000,000 753,900,000 660,100,000 511,800,000 459,700,000 478,100,000 490,600,000 449,100,000 411,100,000 454,300,000 447,100,000 430,000,000 476,300,000 602,000,000                                                          
      research and development
    539,000,000 509,400,000 436,100,000 399,000,000 434,100,000 532,300,000 542,700,000 513,900,000 452,900,000 570,900,000 736,300,000 584,200,000 570,600,000 601,600,000 549,200,000 528,600,000 551,700,000 699,500,000 702,400,000 585,100,000 514,200,000 1,726,100,000 1,140,900,000 647,600,000 476,300,000 691,700,000 540,400,000 484,800,000 563,700,000 611,600,000 507,900,000 981,000,000 496,700,000 587,600,000 446,400,000 796,200,000 423,400,000 533,900,000 529,000,000 473,100,000 437,300,000 541,660,000 519,863,000 490,728,000 460,549,000 500,091,000 417,174,000 447,273,000 528,884,000 422,233,000 410,017,000 327,463,000 284,340,000 345,181,000 304,217,000 329,559,000 355,962,000 918,211,000 301,391,000 285,644,000 293,633,000   331,675,000 307,030,000 979,013,000 304,055,000 416,453,000 279,478,000 292,767,000 268,800,000 252,259,000 258,232,000 229,292,000 286,274,000 218,149,000 191,449,000 199,480,000 211,033,000 161,985,000 145,892,000 168,314,000 227,039,000 179,843,000 178,784,000  
      acquired in-process research and development, upfront and milestone expense
    34,000,000 222,400,000 2,100,000 46,600,000 200,700,000                                                                                  
      selling, general and administrative
    607,300,000 682,500,000 594,800,000 583,800,000 572,500,000 680,000,000 588,400,000 553,800,000 581,500,000 608,500,000 788,200,000 548,000,000 605,000,000 632,800,000 563,300,000 572,600,000 634,900,000 787,900,000 654,100,000 637,300,000 595,000,000 806,200,000 573,100,000 555,100,000 570,100,000 664,900,000 554,500,000 587,600,000 567,700,000 591,100,000 497,700,000 516,200,000 501,300,000 572,400,000 433,800,000 430,200,000 499,100,000 495,500,000 462,700,000 492,400,000 497,300,000 583,017,000 477,827,000 491,895,000 560,361,000 573,610,000 570,436,000 576,622,000 511,674,000 522,857,000 405,584,000 431,012,000 352,598,000 375,977,000 299,631,000 301,767,000 300,089,000 794,735,000 261,398,000 266,301,000 244,516,000   262,322,000 248,664,000 684,279,000 226,755,000 220,829,000 221,830,000 230,963,000 232,824,000 245,689,000 215,829,000 193,730,000 190,644,000 203,668,000 188,061,000 192,234,000 168,153,000 170,289,000 154,391,000 169,121,000 161,410,000 155,754,000 158,458,000  
      amortization and impairment of acquired intangible assets
    136,500,000 136,600,000 135,700,000 130,900,000 111,800,000 151,200,000 130,300,000 86,900,000 78,300,000 76,600,000 60,900,000 52,900,000 50,200,000 175,000,000 56,500,000 67,500,000 66,900,000 68,100,000 111,000,000 604,100,000 98,100,000 249,200,000 82,600,000 61,500,000 71,500,000 67,700,000 283,900,000 70,100,000 68,200,000                                                          
      collaboration profit sharing/
    74,200,000 69,900,000 87,200,000 75,000,000 58,100,000 57,100,000 69,300,000 62,400,000 65,600,000 54,300,000 50,500,000 56,900,000 57,100,000                                                                          
      loss on fair value remeasurement of contingent consideration
    20,500,000 5,200,000 5,600,000 13,200,000 9,600,000 3,900,000 23,800,000       -195,400,000 -2,100,000 -4,500,000 -7,100,000 -1,600,000 -15,600,000 300,000 -33,800,000 -62,800,000 -29,000,000 10,000,000    -20,000,000 11,500,000 -22,900,000 -87,900,000 1,900,000 -5,600,000                                                      
      restructuring charges
    7,900,000 6,600,000 7,400,000 -700,000 35,300,000 5,300,000 6,800,000 6,600,000 11,500,000 98,800,000 76,000,000 34,400,000 9,600,000 7,000,000 15,400,000 70,600,000 38,100,000          300,000 800,000 400,000 2,800,000 6,000,000 1,600,000 1,600,000     11,800,000 11,600,000  9,700,000                                              
      other expense
    19,700,000 154,400,000 34,100,000 48,700,000 68,400,000 149,900,000 14,800,000 85,200,000 93,700,000 67,300,000 300,000,000 -121,200,000 69,400,000 113,100,000 -56,000,000 -428,600,000                                                                       
      total cost and expense
    2,100,100,000 2,335,400,000 1,977,400,000 1,901,500,000 2,119,800,000 2,163,200,000 2,014,800,000 1,766,200,000 1,825,700,000 2,094,700,000 2,671,500,000 1,747,900,000 2,024,700,000 1,940,200,000 1,137,400,000 1,319,600,000 1,921,100,000 2,146,700,000 1,984,900,000 2,289,300,000 1,720,100,000                                                                  
      income before income tax expense
    377,700,000 -56,000,000 557,300,000 744,000,000 311,200,000 403,625,000 451,000,000 698,700,000 464,800,000                                                384,514,000 1,230,448,000 480,766,000 399,085,000 426,234,000   396,892,000 295,303,000 939,141,000 393,538,000 237,594,000 311,804,000 214,708,250 321,125,000 291,334,000 246,374,000              
      income tax expense
    58,200,000 -7,100,000 90,800,000 109,200,000 70,700,000 24,800,000 62,500,000 115,100,000 71,400,000 42,700,000 -72,900,000 114,800,000 50,700,000 54,300,000 236,200,000 216,700,000 125,600,000 443,200,000 -25,900,000 -409,100,000 44,200,000 13,300,000 240,800,000 446,100,000 292,000,000 276,100,000 211,300,000 248,100,000 422,500,000 469,600,000 369,800,000 263,700,000 322,500,000 1,566,100,000 383,800,000 269,600,000 239,200,000 190,300,000 337,000,000 353,600,000 356,400,000 257,125,000 330,093,000 292,501,000 281,881,000 268,233,000 274,774,000 268,521,000 178,414,000 190,261,000 186,105,000 159,140,000 65,508,000 136,341,000 131,044,000 121,021,000 82,148,000 317,424,000 127,104,000 95,036,000 117,468,000   102,243,000 75,310,000 241,681,000 113,936,000 92,709,000 65,225,000 83,456,000 114,337,000 84,706,000 83,277,000 93,911,000 54,733,000 51,886,000 71,893,000 72,515,000 63,048,000 70,404,000       
      net income attributable to biogen inc.
    319,500,000 -48,900,000 466,500,000 634,800,000 240,500,000 266,700,000 388,500,000 583,600,000 393,400,000 249,700,000 -68,100,000 591,600,000 387,900,000 550,400,000 1,134,700,000 1,058,000,000 303,800,000 368,200,000 329,200,000 448,500,000 410,200,000 357,900,000 701,500,000 1,542,100,000 1,399,100,000 1,439,700,000 1,545,900,000 1,494,100,000 1,408,800,000 946,800,000 1,444,400,000 866,600,000 1,172,900,000 -297,400,000 1,226,100,000 862,800,000 747,600,000 649,200,000 1,032,900,000 1,049,800,000 970,900,000 831,561,000 965,622,000 927,276,000 822,541,000                                          
      net income per share
                                                                                          
      basic earnings per share attributable to biogen inc.
    2.17 -0.33 3.18 4.33 1.65 1.83 2.67 4.01 2.71 1.72 -0.47 4.09 2.69 3.84 7.86 7.25 2.06 2.51 2.22 2.7 2.57 4.47 9.6 8.1 8.09 8.4 7.85 7.17 4.77 7.17 4.18 5.55 -1.38 5.8 4.07 3.47 3.01 4.72 4.79 4.44 3.78 4.16 3.94 3.5                                          
      diluted earnings per share attributable to biogen inc.
    2.15 -0.35 3.17 4.33 1.64 1.83 2.66 2.7 1.71 -0.47 4.07 2.67 3.8 7.84 7.24 2.06 2.5 2.22 2.99 2.69 2.55 4.46 9.59 8.08 8.07 8.39 7.85 7.15 4.75 7.15 4.18 5.54 -1.38 5.79 4.07 3.46 3.01 4.71 4.79 4.43 3.77 4.15 3.93 3.49                                          
      weighted-average shares used for eps calculation
                                                                 254.9                         
      gain on sale of priority review voucher
           -88,600,000                                                                               
      product
         1,345,225,000 1,769,400,000 1,899,600,000 1,711,900,000 1,353,575,000 1,805,200,000 1,845,800,000 1,763,300,000 1,904,500,000 1,962,100,000 2,054,900,000 2,066,300,000 2,193,500,000 2,205,700,000 2,236,000,000 2,211,700,000 2,301,600,000 2,690,300,000 2,795,700,000 2,904,600,000 2,924,800,000 2,894,700,000 2,880,300,000 2,680,000,000 2,825,700,000 2,780,100,000 2,757,500,000 2,523,500,000 2,712,400,000 2,622,500,000 2,639,700,000 2,380,100,000 2,502,900,000 2,539,600,000 2,466,000,000 2,309,400,000 2,425,895,000 2,391,717,000 2,198,566,000 2,172,322,000 2,286,981,000 2,117,366,000 2,056,292,000 1,742,765,000 1,607,080,000 1,453,554,000 1,385,918,000 1,095,779,000 1,074,676,000 1,039,110,000 1,076,800,000 975,488,000 2,860,360,000 975,757,000 956,703,000 907,102,000   859,235,000 824,220,000 2,351,252,000 801,689,000 790,970,000 733,409,000 731,835,000 758,260,000 684,486,000 665,070,000 604,227,000 529,581,000 518,625,000 484,388,000 463,617,000 475,096,000 436,081,000 406,519,000 429,231,000 391,366,000 398,822,000 397,584,000  
      net income
         266,700,000 388,500,000 583,600,000 393,400,000 248,900,000 -68,300,000 593,300,000 387,600,000 549,500,000 1,134,900,000 1,058,700,000 218,500,000 -20,500,000 318,100,000 1,025,500,000 404,600,000 357,600,000 703,900,000 1,606,500,000 1,392,600,000 1,439,700,000 1,545,900,000 1,494,100,000 1,408,800,000 944,900,000 1,442,900,000 915,000,000 1,171,200,000 -166,300,000 1,226,100,000 862,800,000 747,500,000 647,900,000 1,030,200,000 1,048,400,000 969,200,000 828,708,000 1,019,493,000 924,825,000 820,174,000 882,585,000 856,120,000 723,132,000 479,728,000 457,306,000 487,616,000 490,670,000 426,749,000 292,127,000 398,400,000 387,141,000 302,366,000 913,024,000 353,662,000 304,049,000 308,766,000   294,649,000 219,993,000 697,460,000 279,602,000 144,885,000 246,579,000 206,654,000 206,788,000 206,628,000 163,097,000 201,150,000 119,381,000 186,140,000 131,501,000 108,556,000 156,599,000 -170,613,000 122,969,000 55,562,000 27,185,000 34,504,000 43,458,000  
      yoy
         7.15% -668.81% -1.63% 1.50% -54.70% -106.02% -43.96% 77.39% -2780.49% 256.77% 3.24% -46.00% -105.73% -54.81% -36.17% -70.95% -75.16% -54.47% 7.52% -1.15% 52.37% 7.14% 63.29% 20.29% -668.19% 17.68% 6.05% 56.68% -125.67% 19.02% -17.70% -22.87% -21.82% 1.05% 13.36% 18.17% -6.10% 19.08% 27.89% 70.97% 93.00% 75.57% 47.38% 12.41% 56.54% 22.39% 26.74% 41.14% -68.00% 12.65% 27.33% -2.07%   3.19% 40.35%   103.37% -10.78% 237.50% 35.21% -29.88% 51.19% 2.74% 73.22% 11.01% 24.03% 85.30% -23.77% -209.10% 6.94% 95.38% 476.05% -594.47% 182.96%      
      qoq
         -31.35% -33.43% 48.35% 58.06% -464.42% -111.51% 53.07% -29.46% -51.58% 7.20% 384.53% -1165.85% -106.44% -68.98% 153.46% 13.14% -49.20% -56.18% 15.36% -3.27% -6.87% 3.47% 6.05% 49.10% -34.51% 57.69% -21.88% -804.27% -113.56% 42.11% 15.42% 15.37% -37.11% -1.74% 8.17% 16.95% -18.71% 10.24% 12.76% -7.07% 3.09% 18.39% 50.74% 4.90% -6.22% -0.62% 14.98% 46.08% -26.67% 2.91% 28.04% -66.88% 158.16% 16.32% -1.53%    33.94% -68.46% 149.45% 92.98% -41.24% 19.32% -0.06% 0.08% 26.69% -18.92% 68.49% -35.86% 41.55% 21.14% -30.68% -191.79% -238.74% 121.32% 104.38% -21.21% -20.60%   
      net income margin %
    0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 10.86% 15.76% 23.68% 17.18% 10.43% -2.70% 24.16% 15.74% 21.60% 45.24% 40.89% 8.63% -0.75% 11.45% 36.95% 15.02% 12.54% 20.85% 43.64% 39.40% 39.21% 42.94% 41.31% 40.37% 26.80% 41.96% 27.26% 37.41% -5.03% 39.84% 28.03% 26.59% 22.56% 34.85% 36.22% 35.54% 29.19% 36.70% 35.68% 32.10% 33.42% 34.09% 29.86% 22.53% 23.26% 26.68% 28.47% 30.16% 20.60% 28.75% 27.25% 23.40% 24.42% 27.00% 25.16% 25.66% NaN% 0% 24.30% 19.84% 21.42% 24.95% 13.25% 23.79% 19.33% 18.92% 20.80% 17.31% 22.52% 15.13% 24.07% 18.37% 15.33% 22.26% -25.85% 20.12% 8.78% 4.56% 5.70% 7.39%  
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax
             -800,000 -200,000 1,700,000 -300,000 -900,000 200,000 700,000 -85,300,000 -388,700,000 -11,100,000 577,000,000 -5,600,000 -300,000 2,400,000 64,400,000 -6,500,000     -1,900,000 -1,500,000 48,400,000 -1,700,000 131,100,000   -100,000 -1,300,000 -2,700,000 -1,400,000 -1,700,000 -2,853,000 53,871,000 -2,451,000 -2,367,000 -879,000 -738,000 8,626,000 -228,000       295,000 -295,000 30,422,000 1,836,000 16,015,000 14,435,000                          
      gain on sale of building
                  -503,700,000                                                                        
      income before income tax expense and equity in loss of investee, net of tax
             291,600,000 -141,200,000 708,100,000 438,300,000 603,800,000 1,371,100,000 1,269,500,000 347,400,000 405,000,000 291,100,000 582,100,000 467,000,000 352,900,000 957,800,000 2,037,500,000 1,699,400,000 1,728,400,000 1,779,000,000 1,758,500,000 1,860,000,000 1,414,500,000 1,812,700,000 1,178,700,000 1,493,700,000 1,399,800,000 1,609,900,000 1,132,400,000 986,700,000 838,200,000 1,367,200,000 1,402,000,000 1,325,600,000 1,085,785,000 1,356,419,000 1,222,207,000 1,102,889,000 1,151,012,000 1,136,288,000 993,586,000 665,747,000 652,521,000 679,891,000 652,099,000 496,068,000 431,217,000 530,702,000 508,673,000                               
      equity in loss of investee, net of tax
                   -5,900,000 3,300,000 -17,700,000 -1,100,000 -34,300,000 18,200,000 -18,000,000 13,100,000 -15,100,000 14,800,000 12,600,000 21,800,000 16,300,000 28,700,000             -48,000 6,833,000 4,881,000 834,000 194,000 5,394,000 1,933,000 7,605,000 4,954,000 6,170,000 2,289,000 3,811,000 2,749,000 1,258,000 511,000                               
      revenue from leqembi collaboration
               -20,700,000 -18,900,000                                                                          
      other
                 191,600,000 129,500,000 97,900,000 66,100,000 126,200,000 157,800,000 99,000,000 93,300,000 132,000,000 125,700,000 407,600,000 109,300,000 145,700,000 109,600,000 160,000,000 292,400,000 165,700,000 147,200,000 108,600,000 164,400,000 179,600,000 48,800,000 41,600,000 90,000,000 50,900,000 98,600,000 79,000,000 87,900,000 79,543,000 48,961,000 55,566,000 52,030,000 49,164,000 103,402,000 61,864,000 90,101,000 89,354,000 71,016,000 48,770,000 54,711,000 62,317,000 58,652,000 59,521,000 31,974,000 148,214,000 67,706,000 35,486,000 40,116,000   47,096,000 29,712,000        29,893,000 18,333,000 25,013,000 23,961,000 24,358,000          
      collaboration profit sharing
                 35,200,000 45,300,000 29,400,000 -117,300,000 -67,300,000 21,200,000 -15,200,000 68,500,000 66,400,000 73,000,000 21,800,000 71,800,000 59,800,000 60,200,000 63,500,000 58,100,000 55,800,000 47,500,000 39,200,000 42,500,000 29,800,000 35,200,000 26,500,000 20,800,000 11,100,000 4,700,000 -5,600,000             85,357,000 77,944,000 75,545,000 78,511,000 85,894,000 236,296,000 81,475,000 88,050,000 74,794,000   62,692,000 63,557,000 155,207,000 60,697,000 49,138,000 42,773,000 37,673,000 43,533,000 33,429,000 21,406,000 13,909,000 5,842,000 -105,000 -5,567,000          
      acquired in-process research and development
                       18,000,000     75,000,000      27,500,000 75,000,000 10,000,000   120,000,000                             39,976,000         35,808,000 29,959,000  18,405,000   330,520,000       
      income from operations
                    610,700,000 587,100,000 794,000,000 485,700,000 973,900,000 -330,600,000 1,086,400,000 1,974,500,000 1,819,900,000 1,777,700,000 1,806,300,000 1,955,900,000 1,502,700,000 1,443,100,000 1,697,600,000 1,213,200,000 1,534,700,000 1,465,800,000 1,653,500,000 1,200,600,000 1,024,300,000 886,200,000 1,425,300,000 1,460,500,000 1,378,400,000 1,168,197,000 1,371,832,000 1,233,096,000 1,117,875,000 1,159,763,000 1,152,578,000 988,725,000 671,348,000 657,926,000 684,531,000 662,527,000 510,525,000 445,507,000 535,250,000 505,723,000 369,370,000 1,236,198,000 488,493,000 410,813,000 416,283,000  194,100,000 395,880,000 303,689,000 911,249,000 384,178,000 222,914,000 304,958,000 324,960,000 345,850,000 296,797,000 246,004,000 262,430,000 129,210,000 206,440,000 181,692,000 191,718,000 197,328,000 -122,015,000 172,989,000 93,299,000 21,165,000 46,301,000 75,274,000  
      yoy
                    -37.29% -277.59% -26.91% -75.40% -46.49% -118.60% -39.85% 0.95% 21.11% 23.19% 6.40% 61.22% -2.09% -1.55% 2.67% 1.05% 49.83% 65.40% 16.01% -17.80% -25.69% -24.14% 3.90% 18.44% 23.31% 0.73% 19.02% 24.72% 66.51% 76.28% 68.37% 49.24% 31.50% 47.68% 27.89% 31.01% 38.22% -63.96% 9.57% 23.10% -11.27%  151.67% 3.77% 37.08%  -49.48% 77.59% -0.42% 180.42% 11.08% -24.89% 23.96% 23.83% 167.67% 43.77% 35.40% 36.88% -34.52% -269.19% 5.03% 105.49% 832.33% -363.53% 129.81%      
      qoq
                    4.02% -26.06% 63.48% -50.13% -394.59% -130.43% -44.98% 8.49% 2.37% -1.58% -7.65% 30.16% 4.13% -14.99% 39.93% -20.95% 4.70% -11.35% 37.72% 17.21% 15.58% -37.82% -2.41% 5.96% 17.99% -14.84% 11.25% 10.31% -3.61% 0.62% 16.57% 47.27% 2.04% -3.89% 3.32% 29.77% 14.59% -16.77% 5.84% 36.92% -70.12% 153.06% 18.91% -1.31%   -50.97% 30.36% -66.67% 137.19% 72.34% -26.90% -6.16% -6.04% 16.53% 20.65% -6.26% 103.10% -37.41% 13.62% -5.23% -2.84% -261.72% -170.53% 85.41% 340.82% -54.29% -38.49%   
      operating margin %
    0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 24.12% 21.48% 28.57% 17.50% 36.15% -11.59% 32.18% 53.63% 51.49% 48.42% 50.17% 54.08% 43.06% 40.92% 49.36% 36.14% 49.01% 44.32% 53.72% 39.00% 36.44% 30.86% 48.22% 50.46% 50.55% 41.14% 49.38% 47.58% 43.75% 43.92% 45.89% 40.83% 31.52% 33.47% 37.45% 38.44% 36.08% 31.42% 38.63% 35.59% 28.59% 33.06% 37.29% 33.99% 34.59% NaN% 16.51% 32.64% 27.39% 27.98% 34.29% 20.39% 29.42% 30.40% 31.64% 29.88% 26.11% 29.38% 16.37% 26.70% 25.38% 27.07% 28.05% -18.49% 28.30% 14.74% 3.55% 7.65% 12.81%  
      other income
                    -263,300,000 -182,100,000 -502,900,000 96,400,000 -506,900,000 683,500,000 -128,600,000 63,000,000 -120,500,000 -49,300,000 -27,300,000 -197,400,000 357,300,000 -28,600,000 115,100,000 -34,500,000 -41,000,000 -66,000,000 -43,600,000 -68,200,000 -37,600,000 -48,000,000 -58,100,000 -58,500,000 -52,800,000 -82,412,000 -15,413,000 -10,889,000 -14,986,000 -8,751,000 -16,290,000 4,861,000 -5,601,000 -5,405,000 -4,640,000 -10,428,000 -14,457,000 -14,290,000 -4,548,000 2,950,000 15,144,000 -5,750,000 -7,727,000 -11,728,000 9,951,000   1,012,000 -8,386,000 27,892,000 9,360,000 14,680,000 6,846,000 -34,850,000 -24,725,000 -5,463,000 370,000 32,631,000 44,904,000 31,586,000 21,702,000 -10,647,000 22,319,000 21,806,000 18,665,000 11,837,000 11,192,000 6,051,000 -8,926,000  
      revenues:
                                                                                          
      revenues from anti-cd20 therapeutic programs
                         419,000,000 560,100,000 478,300,000 520,400,000 600,800,000 595,800,000 576,400,000 517,400,000 534,900,000 511,700,000 490,400,000 443,200,000 415,000,000 406,500,000 397,100,000 340,600,000 318,200,000 317,600,000 349,200,000 329,500,000                                              
      cost and expenses:
                                                                                          
      loss on divestiture of hillerød, denmark manufacturing operations
                             -40,200,000 -17,700,000                                                            
      total cost and expenses
                         3,183,200,000 2,289,700,000 1,707,100,000 1,714,400,000 1,893,600,000 1,793,800,000 1,660,800,000 1,987,100,000 2,083,200,000 1,741,400,000 2,143,300,000 1,596,400,000 1,841,200,000 1,424,300,000 1,877,800,000 1,786,400,000 1,985,800,000 1,530,500,000 1,433,700,000 1,348,400,000 1,671,139,000 1,406,027,000 1,358,546,000 1,437,088,000 1,485,532,000 1,363,247,000 1,436,627,000 1,462,262,000 1,315,503,000 1,150,198,000 1,066,265,000 909,622,000 987,507,000 882,023,000 915,228,000 922,644,000 2,502,502,000 821,441,000 797,834,000 787,059,000                          
      (gain) loss on fair value remeasurement of contingent consideration
                            -4,600,000 2,600,000 -57,800,000       15,300,000 30,000,000 21,200,000 10,000,000 4,700,000 5,900,000 10,600,000 2,300,000 24,613,000 244,000 -2,201,000 7,844,000 7,320,000 -49,433,000 4,019,000 -799,000 2,436,000 -97,000 -5,163,000                                   
      loss on assets and liabilities held for sale
                               -2,300,000 115,500,000                                                          
      cost of sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets
                                 331,950,000 460,800,000 421,000,000 446,000,000 509,200,000 370,000,000 366,200,000 384,600,000 378,500,000 416,900,000 370,300,000 313,000,000 331,821,000 310,028,000 286,120,000 312,431,000 297,265,000 302,639,000 291,887,000 279,245,000 258,553,000 234,696,000 230,728,000 133,749,000 133,828,000 139,358,000 139,112,000 133,197,000 343,253,000 123,527,000 100,503,000 103,113,000   106,985,000 97,055,000 288,618,000 93,486,000 90,721,000 98,197,000 101,161,000 107,493,000 92,401,000 100,934,000 87,566,000 81,613,000 84,063,000 81,950,000          
      amortization of acquired intangible assets
                                 123,300,000 281,900,000 107,400,000 103,900,000 139,800,000 108,900,000 117,500,000 448,500,000 104,200,000 99,700,000 92,900,000 88,800,000 96,628,000 98,065,000 92,004,000 95,903,000 107,246,000 122,431,000 116,826,000 143,258,000 109,424,000 99,998,000 82,225,000 51,301,000 50,948,000 53,013,000 52,282,000 45,961,000 159,219,000 49,347,000 55,136,000 53,216,000   53,148,000 48,889,000 238,464,000 51,347,000 93,234,000 89,248,000 90,631,000 94,464,000 72,869,000 74,781,000 70,925,000 65,689,000 60,961,000 59,920,000 60,020,000 60,011,000 76,260,000 70,707,000 73,559,000 75,990,000 77,078,000 75,677,000  
      unconsolidated joint business
                                             333,898,000 337,181,000 337,510,000 330,611,000 304,530,000 290,678,000 303,296,000 296,885,000 269,416,000 303,210,000 288,785,000 264,606,000 280,948,000 287,792,000 284,630,000 284,552,000 730,126,000 266,471,000 216,458,000 256,124,000   306,371,000 254,928,000 810,944,000 283,919,000 275,570,000 278,818,000 303,214,000 298,979,000 278,822,000 247,223,000 253,707,000 234,637,000 230,590,000 207,164,000 217,568,000 203,820,000 206,095,000 183,380,000 131,746,000 181,597,000 184,934,000 160,453,000  
      gain on sale of rights
                                                 4,620,000 4,379,000 3,900,000 3,859,000 7,579,000 6,949,000 5,319,000 5,051,000 15,073,000 31,719,000                                
      net income attributable to biogen idec inc.
                                                 883,464,000 856,858,000 714,506,000 479,956,000 457,306,000 487,616,000 490,670,000 426,749,000 292,127,000 398,400,000 386,846,000 302,661,000 882,602,000 351,826,000 288,034,000 294,331,000   293,438,000 217,442,000 692,469,000 277,663,000 142,845,000 243,987,000                  
      basic earnings per share attributable to biogen idec inc.
                                                 3.75 3.63 3.02 2.03 1.93 2.06 2.07 1.8 1.24 1.68 1.62 1.26 3.64 1.45 1.19 1.22   1.13 0.8 2.41 0.96 0.49 0.85                  
      diluted earnings per share attributable to biogen idec inc.
                                                 3.73 3.62 3.01 2.02 1.92 2.05 2.06 1.79 1.23 1.67 1.61 1.25 3.61 1.43 1.18 1.2   1.12 0.8 2.4 0.95 0.49 0.84                  
      restructuring charge
                                                          803,000 1,139,000 283,000 17,223,000 1,803,000  16,587,000                          
      fair value adjustment of contingent consideration
                                                        2,277,000 3,629,000 9,456,000 12,858,000 1,258,000 33,565,000 2,500,000 2,200,000 1,200,000                          
      net income attributable to biogen idec
                                                                  254,100,000                        
      diluted earnings per share attributable to biogen idec
                                                                  1.05                        
      costs and expenses:
                                                                                          
      total costs and expenses
                                                                   816,822,000 805,171,000 2,345,581,000 736,340,000 870,375,000 731,526,000 743,953,000 747,114,000 696,647,000 696,182,000 630,870,000 660,021,000 566,736,000 534,218,000 516,623,000 506,164,000 782,056,000 438,186,000 539,554,000 575,046,000 559,333,000 512,528,000  
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of tax
                                                                   1,211,000 2,551,000 4,991,000 1,939,000 2,040,000 2,592,000                  
      other revenues
                                                                     8,727,500 34,910,000 26,749,000 24,257,000 33,864,000 35,725,000 30,136,000               
      in-process research and development
                                                                         6,250,000   25,000,000              
      basic earnings per share
                                                                         0.7 0.71 0.71 0.55 0.67 0.41 0.55 0.39 0.32 0.46 -0.5 0.36 0.17 0.08 0.1 0.13  
      diluted earnings per share
                                                                         0.7 0.7 0.7 0.54 0.65 0.41 0.54 0.38 0.32 0.45 -0.5 0.36 0.16 0.08 0.1 0.12  
      facility impairments and gain on sale
                                                                                 -230,750 175,000        
      gain on settlement of license agreement
                                                                                 -8,548,000  -34,192,000       
      income before income tax provision and cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                             295,061,000 174,114,000 238,026,000    -100,209,000 191,654,000      
      income before cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                             201,150,000 119,381,000 186,140,000 131,501,000 108,556,000 156,599,000 -170,613,000 119,190,000      
      cumulative effect of accounting change, net of income tax
                                                                                 -3,778,999.99   3,779,000      
      basic earnings per share:
                                                                                          
      diluted earnings per share:
                                                                                          
      gain on sale of long lived assets
                                                                                          
      shares used in calculating:
                                                                                          
      gain on sale of long-lived assets
                                                                                          
      income before income tax expense and cumulative effect of accounting change
                                                                                203,394,000 181,071,000 219,647,000        
      royalty
                                                                                 15,178,500 21,867,000 18,286,000 20,561,000      
      corporate partner
                                                                                 750,500 2,709,000 -421,000 715,000 132,000 131,000 144,000 3,016,000  
      cost of product revenues, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets
                                                                                 52,298,750 65,742,000 77,060,000 66,391,000      
      cost of royalty revenues
                                                                                 771,250 1,050,000 933,000 1,103,000 1,237,000 1,203,000 849,000 1,128,000  
      facility impairments and loss on sale
                                                                                   -799,000 -298,000 15,208,000 21,046,000    
      income tax provision
                                                                                    72,464,000 11,477,500 5,172,000    
      royalties
                                                                                     21,593,000 23,117,000 21,734,000 26,749,000  
      cost of product revenues
                                                                                     64,270,750 88,358,000 70,244,000 98,481,000  
      income before income tax provision
                                                                                     37,764,750 32,357,000 52,352,000 66,348,000  
      loss on sale of manufacturing facility
                                                                                       75,565,000   
      income tax benefit
                                                                                       17,848,000 22,890,000  
    Balance Sheets:
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    Annual
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        assets
                                                                                           
        current assets:
                                                                                           
        cash and cash equivalents
      3,382,700,000 3,008,500,000 3,862,800,000 2,758,800,000 2,598,300,000 2,375,000,000 1,699,200,000 1,908,900,000 1,074,400,000 1,049,900,000 2,287,900,000 2,617,800,000 2,898,200,000 3,419,300,000 3,675,600,000 2,646,600,000 1,749,300,000 2,261,400,000 1,541,800,000 1,742,000,000 1,217,500,000 1,331,200,000 2,224,800,000 2,384,900,000 2,591,300,000 2,343,900,000 1,723,400,000 2,243,200,000 2,386,700,000 1,250,200,000 4,108,000,000 1,573,800,000 1,548,100,000 1,169,500,000 924,000,000 2,326,500,000 2,084,800,000 1,362,000,000 1,130,700,000 1,308,000,000 4,089,003,000 1,282,078,000 1,478,051,000 1,204,924,000 1,186,281,000 863,197,000 828,601,000 602,562,000 427,811,000 392,507,000 663,302,000  570,721,000 451,723,000 456,811,000 298,139,000 514,542,000 575,140,000 697,526,000 790,675,000 759,598,000 626,800,000 720,962,000 639,559,000 581,889,000 585,788 786,804,000 764,104,000 622,385,000 1,010,701,000 466,493,000 688,499,000 659,662,000 437,326,000 1,611,581,000 780,940,000 661,377,000 414,594,000 345,104,000 535,865,000 568,168,000 296,492,000 638,400,000 276,443,000 209,447,000 
        current portion of marketable securities
      900,000,000 807,200,000                                                                                    
        accounts receivable
      1,369,200,000 1,342,400,000 1,374,100,000 1,624,200,000 1,602,900,000 1,404,800,000 1,536,200,000 1,627,100,000 1,604,500,000 1,664,100,000 1,781,400,000 1,685,900,000 1,634,400,000 1,705,000,000 1,568,800,000 1,567,600,000 1,632,000,000 1,549,400,000 1,723,000,000 1,688,000,000 1,854,300,000 1,913,800,000 2,024,900,000 2,133,600,000 2,092,600,000 1,933,500,000 1,959,600,000 2,088,900,000 2,017,300,000 1,951,000,000 1,939,200,000 1,787,000,000 1,567,500,000 1,630,200,000 1,501,500,000 1,441,600,000 1,467,800,000 1,293,000,000 1,395,100,000 1,227,000,000 1,327,780,000 1,310,821,000 1,389,995,000 1,292,445,000 1,091,232,000 1,002,328,000 1,018,487,000 824,406,000 891,396,000 861,457,000 753,611,000  686,848,000 661,519,000 683,841,000 684,242,000 584,603,000 581,052,000 666,960,000 687,609,000 605,329,000  548,893,000 560,777,000 551,208,000 550,995 511,286,000 481,214,000 446,665,000 484,636,000 482,797,000 451,480,000 392,646,000 378,807,000 359,518,000 324,569,000 317,353,000 282,519,000 284,912,000 276,441,000  261,535,000 254,014,000 275,014,000  
        due from anti-cd20 therapeutic programs
      421,200,000 524,600,000 475,900,000 459,800,000 393,600,000 464,000,000 451,900,000 451,100,000 395,200,000 435,900,000 428,300,000 438,100,000 393,800,000 431,400,000 415,400,000 435,900,000 389,400,000 412,300,000 400,000,000 422,200,000 369,800,000 413,500,000 527,200,000 441,100,000 511,600,000 582,300,000 557,500,000 527,100,000 508,400,000 481,900,000 553,500,000 532,600,000 518,000,000 502,900,000 324,500,000 300,600,000 305,200,000 334,100,000 315,100,000                                               
        inventory
      1,949,000,000 2,168,100,000 2,209,400,000 2,274,300,000 2,273,900,000 2,460,500,000 2,469,200,000 2,506,100,000 2,516,800,000 2,527,400,000 2,982,400,000 1,333,500,000 1,281,000,000 1,344,400,000 1,375,000,000 1,294,200,000 1,215,400,000 1,351,500,000 1,347,900,000 1,254,800,000 1,171,800,000 1,068,600,000 1,027,700,000 952,700,000 858,800,000 751,800,000 776,700,000 770,200,000 916,600,000 931,700,000 890,800,000 902,700,000 1,007,200,000 936,500,000 921,600,000 1,001,600,000 1,009,700,000 996,400,000 964,600,000 893,400,000 918,921,000 865,738,000 825,349,000 804,022,000 753,063,000 715,935,000 672,750,000 659,003,000 614,483,000 570,390,000 506,557,000  447,373,000 392,936,000 362,940,000 337,619,000 326,843,000 310,934,000 308,254,000 295,260,000 289,066,000  267,878,000 280,038,000 293,950,000 278,686 268,529,000 268,076,000 263,602,000 249,858,000 255,028,000 237,172,000 233,987,000 222,857,000 207,897,000 186,220,000 169,102,000 155,119,000 147,024,000 191,022,000 182,815,000 227,469,000 243,538,000 236,624,000 251,016,000 
        other current assets
      1,168,300,000 1,123,300,000 916,800,000 850,600,000 757,300,000 752,500,000 674,000,000 615,300,000 1,165,300,000 1,182,000,000 974,100,000 895,900,000 1,412,000,000 1,417,600,000 1,495,500,000 1,645,300,000 927,400,000 740,800,000 736,300,000 767,900,000 786,100,000 881,100,000 683,500,000 638,800,000 683,800,000 743,200,000 980,400,000 965,400,000 848,300,000 843,300,000 895,900,000 962,000,000 967,000,000 1,146,100,000 1,231,900,000 1,093,300,000 993,100,000 1,027,400,000 941,100,000 836,900,000 861,882,000 750,039,000 579,599,000 447,462,000 396,471,000 346,787,000 295,260,000 226,134,000 205,635,000 173,708,000 169,939,000  136,011,000 126,174,000 149,247,000 122,126,000 144,600,000 194,199,000 201,794,000 186,291,000 215,822,000  218,645,000 210,295,000 177,924,000 141,623 143,183,000 149,374,000 139,400,000 143,116,000 199,774,000 181,170,000 183,376,000 186,187,000 161,406,000 151,219,000 154,713,000 74,614,000 74,033,000 79,624,000 78,054,000 78,894,000 85,346,000 91,692,000 119,118,000 
        total current assets
      9,190,400,000 8,974,100,000 8,936,600,000 7,967,700,000 7,626,000,000 7,456,800,000 6,830,500,000 7,108,500,000 6,756,200,000 6,859,300,000 8,454,100,000 10,431,700,000 9,762,500,000 9,791,200,000 9,765,800,000 9,740,900,000 7,915,900,000 7,856,500,000 7,162,300,000 7,183,700,000 6,719,500,000 6,887,100,000 7,843,100,000 8,493,800,000 8,007,200,000 8,448,200,000 7,909,800,000 8,942,600,000 8,719,000,000 7,432,100,000 10,195,400,000 7,873,300,000 7,568,000,000 7,108,700,000 6,859,700,000 8,732,200,000 8,091,800,000 7,447,700,000 7,201,300,000 6,700,300,000 9,270,873,000 5,618,985,000 5,258,896,000 4,672,673,000 4,372,111,000 3,925,013,000 3,525,024,000 3,184,934,000 2,643,672,000 2,523,221,000 5,328,838,000  3,244,337,000 3,055,388,000 2,868,919,000 2,677,950,000 2,975,427,000 2,837,288,000 2,688,623,000 2,628,315,000 2,540,420,000  2,255,231,000 2,409,012,000 2,480,595,000 2,572,259 2,744,278,000 2,480,653,000 2,458,000,000 2,639,080,000 2,161,028,000 2,140,475,000 2,368,407,000 1,620,470,000 2,694,006,000 1,941,341,000 1,712,567,000 1,385,157,000 1,449,740,000 1,595,681,000 1,618,081,000 1,535,212,000 1,796,302,000 1,983,727,000  
        marketable securities
      465,600,000 431,900,000 97,600,000         3,460,500,000 2,143,100,000 1,473,500,000 1,235,500,000 2,151,300,000 2,002,400,000 1,541,100,000 1,413,300,000 1,308,800,000 1,320,000,000 1,278,900,000 1,355,000,000 1,942,700,000 1,269,100,000 2,093,500,000 1,228,800,000 1,665,800,000 2,041,700,000 1,974,000,000 1,808,000,000 2,115,200,000 1,960,200,000 1,723,500,000 1,956,200,000 2,568,600,000 2,231,200,000 2,434,800,000 2,454,700,000 2,120,500,000 1,753,499,000 1,086,595,000 673,946,000 640,460,000 675,065,000 709,869,000 431,610,000 620,167,000 240,882,000 275,163,000   1,134,989,000 1,154,071,000 949,239,000 978,473,000 1,176,115,000 944,381,000 629,218,000 437,870,000 448,146,000  248,710,000 513,115,000 681,835,000 821,888 836,270,000 637,219,000 719,586,000 217,127,000 234,515,000 156,920,000 319,408,000 234,021,000 191,136,000 346,639,000 241,314,000 246,425,000 368,670,000       
        property, plant and equipment
      3,017,900,000 3,055,400,000 3,075,700,000 3,098,800,000 3,132,400,000 3,181,300,000 3,210,900,000 3,249,300,000 3,275,300,000 3,309,700,000 3,301,600,000 3,307,200,000 3,300,900,000 3,298,600,000 3,266,400,000 3,355,100,000 3,372,800,000 3,416,400,000 3,410,700,000 3,442,200,000 3,438,300,000 3,411,500,000 3,359,900,000 3,330,700,000 3,281,600,000 3,138,100,000 3,077,500,000 3,013,800,000 3,538,900,000 3,409,000,000 3,334,700,000 3,182,400,000 2,995,900,000 2,827,600,000 2,610,900,000 2,501,800,000 2,387,000,000 2,301,800,000 2,258,900,000 2,187,600,000 2,027,821,000 1,837,670,000 1,739,628,000 1,765,683,000 1,724,129,000 1,756,164,000 1,744,266,000 1,750,710,000 1,806,074,000 1,787,776,000 1,736,811,000  1,742,226,000 1,676,583,000 1,622,812,000 1,617,459,000 1,571,387,000 1,572,259,000 1,712,869,000 1,673,502,000 1,641,634,000  1,571,521,000 1,604,573,000 1,637,083,000 1,634,696 1,608,660,000 1,562,174,000 1,594,754,000 1,579,938,000 1,629,398,000 1,581,664,000 1,497,383,000 1,392,577,000 1,330,899,000 1,291,041,000          
        operating lease assets
      251,300,000 265,400,000 330,500,000 334,500,000 346,400,000 356,400,000 380,400,000 389,400,000 428,100,000 420,000,000 460,900,000 366,500,000 399,100,000 403,900,000 424,500,000 321,100,000 359,000,000 375,400,000 389,100,000 402,500,000 414,500,000 433,300,000 434,200,000 436,200,000 422,000,000 422,000,000 434,400,000 447,800,000                                                          
        intangible assets
      9,053,500,000 9,178,500,000 9,331,900,000 9,467,500,000 9,584,600,000 9,691,200,000 9,805,500,000 8,232,900,000 8,284,700,000 8,363,000,000 7,344,600,000 1,776,400,000 1,813,300,000 1,850,100,000 2,008,900,000 2,075,300,000 2,150,800,000 2,221,300,000 2,286,800,000 2,385,000,000 2,988,100,000 3,084,300,000 3,323,600,000 3,383,800,000 3,446,900,000 3,392,400,000 3,681,300,000 3,056,200,000 3,379,000,000 3,661,300,000 3,794,500,000 3,879,600,000 4,019,400,000 4,051,300,000 4,103,900,000 3,808,300,000 3,869,900,000 3,967,600,000 4,012,200,000 4,085,100,000 4,181,245,000 4,294,791,000 4,353,123,000 4,028,507,000 4,129,754,000 4,249,378,000 4,364,384,000 4,474,653,000 4,580,199,000 4,678,884,000 1,581,511,000  1,631,547,000 1,681,232,000 1,732,972,000 1,783,981,000 1,608,191,000 1,659,114,000 1,678,867,000 1,731,844,000 1,772,826,000  1,768,929,000 1,822,133,000 1,871,078,000 1,927,115 1,978,519,000 2,071,809,000 2,161,058,000 2,250,766,000 2,347,561,000 2,421,255,000 2,492,354,000 2,562,566,000 2,626,838,000 2,688,090,000 2,747,241,000 2,795,620,000 2,856,292,000 2,904,838,000 2,975,601,000 3,057,209,000 3,139,315,000 3,216,772,000 3,292,827,000 
        goodwill
      6,488,700,000 6,491,100,000 6,490,700,000 6,493,100,000 6,477,100,000 6,478,900,000 6,485,800,000 6,227,400,000 6,227,400,000 6,219,200,000 6,807,500,000 5,753,700,000 5,751,800,000 5,749,000,000 5,741,200,000 5,749,600,000 5,758,000,000 5,761,100,000 5,760,500,000 5,763,900,000 5,763,100,000 5,762,100,000 5,755,700,000 5,751,000,000 5,752,000,000 5,746,100,000 5,749,200,000 5,639,700,000 5,440,100,000 5,170,300,000 4,907,800,000 4,632,500,000 4,127,500,000 3,870,400,000 3,611,700,000 3,669,300,000 3,419,700,000 3,167,100,000 2,917,900,000 2,663,800,000 2,408,854,000 2,154,341,000 1,849,852,000 1,760,249,000 1,541,204,000 1,364,815,000 1,232,916,000 1,232,916,000 1,210,718,000 1,210,718,000 1,210,718,000  1,201,296,000 1,204,740,000 1,197,904,000 1,193,279,000 1,146,314,000 1,146,314,000 1,146,314,000 1,146,314,000 1,146,314,000  1,138,621,000 1,138,621,000 1,138,621,000 1,138,621 1,138,621,000 1,138,621,000 1,138,621,000 1,137,547,000 1,139,597,000 1,140,190,000 1,137,372,000 1,136,858,000 1,135,939,000 1,135,745,000 1,154,757,000 1,153,980,000 1,156,348,000 1,130,430,000 1,130,430,000 1,151,105,000 1,151,105,000 1,151,105,000 1,151,105,000 
        deferred tax asset
      238,200,000 292,500,000 312,400,000 330,900,000 307,500,000 324,200,000 968,700,000 915,100,000 898,300,000 928,600,000 1,069,800,000 1,208,400,000 1,211,800,000 1,226,400,000 1,174,500,000 1,235,700,000 1,288,800,000 1,415,100,000 1,810,400,000 1,849,900,000 1,286,300,000 1,369,500,000 1,372,900,000 1,710,200,000 3,109,400,000 3,284,500,000 2,820,100,000 2,074,400,000                                                          
        investments and other assets
      777,500,000 750,600,000 729,700,000 637,700,000 559,100,000 560,500,000 631,400,000 681,500,000 697,600,000 745,000,000 754,600,000 1,104,900,000 1,380,800,000 1,529,200,000 1,612,600,000 1,500,800,000 1,767,500,000 1,939,500,000 2,018,600,000 2,528,100,000 2,423,000,000 2,899,000,000 1,834,900,000 1,483,300,000 1,130,600,000 1,238,800,000 1,306,000,000 1,898,300,000 1,009,800,000 902,100,000 380,100,000 1,027,500,000 1,300,400,000 1,268,300,000 1,184,500,000 1,335,800,000 1,239,600,000 1,153,000,000 1,094,600,000 1,107,600,000 892,221,000 751,588,000 640,630,000 618,795,000 565,513,000 611,791,000 639,269,000 594,350,000 636,028,000 533,852,000 306,839,000  274,054,000 271,144,000 271,864,000 368,937,000 331,548,000 237,870,000 211,747,000 228,105,000 248,198,000  201,730,000 210,761,000 230,397,000 256,299 259,507,000 261,074,000 235,152,000 210,695,000 204,198,000 212,540,000 201,028,000 181,910,000 230,630,000 267,697,000 245,620,000 232,913,000 233,004,000 293,768,000 264,061,000 270,341,000 157,828,000 148,203,000 155,933,000 
        total assets
      29,483,100,000 29,439,500,000 29,207,500,000 28,330,200,000 28,033,100,000 28,049,300,000 28,313,200,000 26,804,100,000 26,567,600,000 26,844,800,000 28,193,200,000 25,156,800,000 24,598,400,000 24,554,100,000 24,854,200,000 25,081,400,000 23,614,400,000 23,877,300,000 23,806,700,000 24,470,400,000 23,854,700,000 24,618,900,000 24,934,100,000 25,511,800,000 26,119,200,000 27,484,000,000 26,287,600,000 26,445,500,000 25,492,200,000 23,952,900,000 26,090,100,000 23,652,600,000 23,073,200,000 21,759,000,000 21,195,900,000 22,876,800,000 22,104,900,000 21,514,800,000 20,674,700,000 19,504,800,000 20,728,368,000 16,759,171,000 15,219,454,000 14,316,559,000 13,704,142,000 12,917,998,000 12,230,131,000 11,863,335,000 11,250,249,000 10,841,590,000 10,164,717,000  10,130,118,000 9,630,621,000 9,162,380,000 9,113,549,000 9,049,604,000 8,802,204,000 8,621,979,000 8,293,524,000 8,092,493,000  7,502,150,000 8,217,323,000 8,551,854,000 9,026,437 8,777,196,000 8,575,206,000 8,478,991,000 8,535,208,000 8,172,826,000 8,170,653,000 8,628,815,000 7,816,375,000 8,935,715,000 8,709,580,000 8,552,808,000         
        liabilities and equity
                                                                                           
        current liabilities:
                                                                                           
        taxes payable
      93,600,000 114,800,000 103,300,000 114,800,000 626,100,000 548,300,000 499,100,000 281,600,000 231,200,000 257,400,000 243,800,000 260,000,000 235,500,000 259,900,000 237,300,000 284,900,000 317,300,000 174,700,000 234,200,000 230,900,000 143,100,000 142,000,000 119,400,000 576,700,000 310,000,000 125,600,000 427,200,000 238,500,000 254,100,000 223,000,000 231,900,000 68,200,000 121,300,000 52,600,000 70,000,000 231,900,000 208,800,000 212,800,000 496,500,000 208,700,000 458,672,000 457,769,000 322,075,000 168,058,000 159,638,000 192,758,000 161,045,000 179,685,000 144,180,000 81,563,000 28,045,000  20,066,000 44,252,000 58,315,000 50,066,000 45,939,000 47,984,000 10,330,000 93,483,000 84,517,000  113,283,000 108,972,000 75,891,000 59,961 81,594,000 247,319,000 223,260,000 176,753,000 138,871,000 54,267,000 11,274,000  17,106,000 76,922,000 145,529,000 139,728,000 165,594,000 208,215,000  250,351,000 222,803,000 161,913,000  
        accounts payable
      358,500,000 432,000,000 413,100,000 408,400,000 391,500,000 424,200,000 422,700,000 354,500,000 387,000,000 403,300,000 440,100,000 445,400,000 491,200,000 491,500,000 383,200,000 434,800,000 398,700,000 589,200,000 427,900,000 375,300,000 430,400,000 454,900,000 398,400,000 383,900,000 389,000,000 382,200,000 377,100,000 378,000,000 342,300,000 295,700,000 345,800,000 395,500,000 298,700,000 330,300,000 316,400,000 279,800,000 274,000,000 225,900,000 271,300,000 267,400,000 251,228,000 282,702,000 236,128,000 229,178,000 233,629,000 224,931,000 212,809,000 219,913,000 166,709,000 163,094,000 165,207,000  203,999,000 157,424,000 159,152,000 173,330,000 186,448,000 159,197,000 170,746,000 159,136,000 162,529,000  144,476,000 121,356,000 118,534,000 108,547 210,941,000 104,271,000 107,417,000 123,512,000 116,755,000 114,842,000 90,672,000 92,336,000 99,440,000 102,183,000 100,457,000 62,822,000 62,280,000 58,119,000 99,780,000 48,210,000 66,004,000 75,015,000 121,471,000 
        accrued expense and other
      2,546,800,000 2,802,600,000 2,773,600,000 2,660,500,000 2,530,700,000 2,807,700,000 2,755,100,000 2,472,100,000 2,354,600,000 2,623,600,000 3,838,400,000 2,481,100,000 2,288,200,000 2,521,400,000 3,305,900,000 3,298,500,000 2,231,100,000 2,535,200,000 2,550,700,000 2,741,000,000 2,592,300,000                                                                 
        total current liabilities
      2,998,900,000 3,349,400,000 3,290,000,000 3,183,700,000 5,297,400,000 5,528,800,000 5,425,000,000 3,108,200,000 3,222,800,000 3,434,300,000 5,022,300,000 3,186,500,000 3,014,900,000 3,272,800,000 3,926,400,000 5,018,000,000 3,946,600,000 4,298,200,000 4,211,600,000 3,347,200,000 3,165,800,000 3,742,200,000 3,804,000,000 3,447,100,000 4,638,600,000 4,432,200,000 3,210,900,000 3,148,700,000 3,174,900,000 3,152,400,000 3,152,100,000 3,368,200,000 3,448,400,000 3,379,700,000 2,992,500,000 3,419,900,000 2,499,700,000 2,516,200,000 2,776,600,000 2,577,700,000 2,633,968,000 2,555,832,000 1,946,231,000 2,219,706,000 1,940,647,000 1,916,624,000 1,594,247,000 1,758,279,000 1,518,711,000 1,304,074,000 1,281,662,000  1,657,389,000 1,521,093,000 1,432,865,000 1,337,319,000 912,889,000 885,346,000 954,330,000 978,846,000 1,050,122,000  755,658,000 682,330,000 714,942,000 721,368 803,926,000 807,767,000 923,222,000 985,872,000 885,441,000 707,172,000 2,189,175,000 1,988,744,000 3,464,929,000 500,448,000 582,855,000 495,010,000 499,982,000 520,797,000 583,036,000 558,945,000 540,653,000 1,228,529,000  
        notes payable
      6,288,500,000 6,286,800,000 6,285,100,000 6,283,700,000 4,548,700,000       6,284,600,000 6,282,700,000 6,281,000,000 6,279,200,000 6,277,400,000 6,275,700,000 6,274,000,000 6,272,300,000 7,269,200,000 7,267,200,000 7,426,200,000 7,425,000,000 7,423,800,000 4,459,900,000 4,458,200,000 5,948,500,000 5,943,200,000 5,931,100,000 5,928,400,000 5,929,400,000           576,207,000 580,672,000 582,061,000 583,977,000 586,091,000 591,012,000                     1,082,909,000 1,085,431,000 1,042,427,000 1,038,086,000 1,060,448,000 51,843,000 50,113,000 51,348,000 52,043,000 96,694,000 45,074,000 44,526,000 43,978,000    751,681,000 748,430,000 
        deferred tax liability
      483,500,000 507,600,000 358,100,000 118,300,000 133,200,000 190,500,000 882,400,000 590,600,000 658,100,000 641,800,000 728,100,000 143,900,000 251,300,000 334,700,000 328,900,000 480,600,000 571,200,000 694,500,000 774,700,000 918,900,000 966,700,000 1,032,800,000 1,123,400,000 1,461,500,000 2,722,800,000 2,820,400,000 2,400,600,000 1,741,700,000    122,600,000 120,700,000 100,800,000 94,500,000 93,100,000                                                  
        long-term operating lease liabilities
      273,400,000 290,400,000 305,000,000 310,900,000 323,400,000 334,500,000 357,000,000 367,500,000 406,500,000 400,000,000 428,800,000 304,400,000 327,000,000 333,000,000 354,800,000 274,200,000 312,300,000 330,400,000 348,200,000 363,900,000 380,000,000 402,000,000 409,100,000 414,800,000 403,700,000 410,500,000 423,000,000 436,100,000                                                          
        other long-term liabilities
      787,100,000 748,500,000 761,800,000 799,600,000 751,700,000 732,300,000 744,100,000 556,700,000 777,100,000 781,100,000 747,900,000 776,900,000 935,500,000 944,200,000 1,198,100,000 1,167,800,000 1,287,900,000 1,320,500,000 1,318,200,000 1,356,400,000 1,411,800,000 1,329,600,000 1,428,100,000 1,475,400,000 1,357,300,000 1,370,900,000 1,355,800,000 1,353,800,000 1,511,800,000 1,457,600,000 1,640,000,000 1,628,700,000 716,900,000 750,900,000 688,800,000 722,500,000 862,100,000 951,000,000 916,600,000 905,800,000 861,421,000 915,731,000 892,529,000 650,096,000 658,276,000 710,965,000 702,908,000 659,231,000 608,473,000 595,642,000 674,951,000  604,266,000 539,569,000 534,358,000 517,406,000 400,276,000 384,450,000 351,685,000 356,261,000 325,599,000  257,985,000 259,300,000 254,205,000 331,761 330,996,000 318,492,000 308,238,000 298,267,000 224,916,000 346,933,000 331,977,000 226,076,000 193,955,000 195,337,000 79,836,000 98,167,000 95,668,000 80,354,000 72,309,000 58,615,000 57,259,000 62,598,000 54,959,000 
        total liabilities
      10,831,400,000 11,182,700,000 11,000,000,000 10,696,200,000 11,054,400,000 11,333,300,000 11,954,300,000 10,915,000,000 11,354,600,000 12,045,400,000 13,713,500,000 10,696,300,000 10,811,400,000 11,165,700,000 12,087,400,000 13,218,000,000 12,393,700,000 12,917,600,000 12,925,000,000 13,255,600,000 13,191,500,000 13,932,800,000 14,189,600,000 14,222,600,000 13,582,300,000 13,492,200,000 13,338,800,000 12,623,500,000 11,732,400,000 11,699,200,000 12,052,600,000 11,054,500,000 10,224,300,000 10,185,400,000 9,728,500,000 10,748,200,000 9,990,100,000 10,111,100,000 10,346,600,000 10,129,900,000 10,161,425,000 4,186,173,000 3,549,996,000 3,502,519,000 3,273,257,000 3,352,772,000 3,089,068,000 3,242,497,000 3,124,561,000 2,939,445,000 2,825,111,000  3,166,323,000 2,968,681,000 2,891,695,000 2,805,001,000 2,622,617,000 2,568,610,000 2,565,785,000 2,619,224,000 2,643,050,000  2,290,860,000 2,266,729,000 2,289,972,000 2,428,627 2,531,491,000 2,554,952,000 2,672,908,000 2,766,730,000 2,649,895,000 2,637,945,000 3,094,520,000 2,823,676,000 4,299,016,000 1,362,414,000 1,403,030,000         
        commitments, contingencies and guarantees
                                                                                           
        equity:
                                                                                           
        biogen inc. shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                           
        preferred stock, par value 0.001 per share...
                                                                                           
        common stock
      100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 124,000 129,000 129,000 129,000 129,000 128,000 128,000 128,000 128,000 128,000 128,000  127,000 127,000 127,000 129,000 128,000 128,000 127,000 125,000 124,000  129,000 139,000 144,000 149 149,000 149,000 149,000 149,000 149,000 149,000 147,000 146,000 172,000 173,000 173,000 173,000 173,000 173,000 173,000 175,000 175,000 173,000 173,000 
        additional paid-in capital
      896,700,000 863,100,000 797,700,000 714,000,000 629,900,000 569,400,000 488,500,000 407,500,000 329,500,000 302,500,000 242,200,000 170,700,000 91,200,000 73,300,000   119,000,000 68,200,000       100,000    47,800,000   97,800,000 59,200,000 19,300,000    69,100,000 18,400,000  1,342,373,000 4,251,443,000 4,242,426,000 4,196,156,000 4,150,007,000 4,106,084,000 4,054,774,000 4,023,651,000 3,987,377,000 3,917,985,000 3,858,955,000  3,854,525,000 3,819,063,000 3,825,647,000 4,217,248,000 4,185,048,000 4,143,429,000 4,224,865,000 3,975,428,000 3,895,103,000  4,282,739,000 5,268,465,000 5,781,920,000 6,184,315 6,142,936,000 6,109,917,000 6,073,957,000 6,029,111,000 5,979,200,000 5,848,543,000 5,807,071,000 5,497,506,000 8,286,958,000 8,286,744,000 8,308,232,000 8,260,886,000 8,248,773,000 8,203,521,000 8,206,911,000 8,246,743,000 8,260,548,000 8,207,433,000 8,184,979,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      -140,200,000 -182,000,000 -214,800,000 -238,100,000 -174,500,000 -136,200,000 -145,700,000 -146,000,000 -160,500,000 -153,700,000 -159,300,000 -172,800,000 -172,000,000  -163,600,000 -110,400,000 -115,200,000                                    -55,305,000 -51,115,000 -50,557,000 -17,710,000 -26,535,000 7,571,000 25,713,000 -992,000 -21,610,000  -28,422,000 22,872,000 50,496,000 37,114 11,293,000 -32,346,000 -11,106,000 33,431,000 121,115,000 123,439,000 79,246,000 48,127,000 32,167,000 31,658,000 21,855,000  -22,532,000 4,594,000     -6,767,000 
        retained earnings
      20,872,200,000 20,552,700,000 20,601,600,000 20,135,100,000 19,500,300,000 19,259,800,000 18,993,100,000 18,604,600,000 18,021,000,000 17,627,600,000 17,377,900,000 17,446,000,000 16,854,400,000 16,466,500,000 15,916,100,000 14,959,900,000 14,215,500,000 13,911,700,000 13,543,500,000 13,900,700,000 13,833,500,000 13,976,300,000 13,961,000,000 14,466,700,000 15,673,100,000 17,065,200,000 16,182,800,000 17,026,700,000 16,944,100,000 15,499,500,000 17,334,600,000 15,810,400,000 16,107,700,000 14,881,700,000 14,781,200,000 15,071,600,000 15,030,000,000 14,229,100,000 13,179,300,000 12,208,400,000 11,999,358,000 11,033,736,000 10,106,460,000 9,283,919,000 8,400,455,000 7,543,597,000 6,829,091,000 6,349,135,000 5,891,829,000 5,404,213,000 4,913,543,000  4,486,794,000 4,194,551,000 3,796,154,000 3,409,308,000 3,106,761,000 2,806,523,000 2,454,848,000 2,166,813,000 1,872,481,000  1,405,340,000 1,131,523,000 1,068,890,000 781,321 516,632,000 388,019,000 270,180,000 75,361,000                
        treasury stock
      -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,977,100,000 -2,611,700,000 -2,611,700,000 -2,611,700,000 -2,611,700,000 -2,611,700,000 -2,611,713,000 -2,611,706,000 -2,611,706,000 -2,611,706,000 -2,084,908,000 -2,061,832,000 -1,724,927,000 -1,724,927,000 -1,724,927,000 -1,365,641,000 -1,365,641,000  -1,324,618,000 -1,303,074,000 -1,303,074,000 -1,303,074,000 -839,903,000 -728,503,000 -728,503,000 -537,215,000 -349,592,000  -488,980,000 -513,627,000 -679,920,000 -438,710 -458,472,000 -478,045,000 -527,097,000 -369,574,000 -474,396,000 -240,219,000   -25,346,000 -150,194,000 -319,655,000         
        total equity
      18,651,700,000 18,256,800,000 18,207,500,000 17,634,000,000 16,978,700,000 16,716,000,000 16,358,900,000 15,889,100,000 15,213,000,000 14,799,400,000 14,479,700,000 14,460,500,000 13,787,000,000 13,388,400,000 12,766,800,000 11,863,400,000 11,220,700,000 10,959,700,000 10,881,700,000 11,214,800,000 10,663,200,000 10,686,100,000 10,744,500,000 11,289,200,000 12,536,900,000 13,991,800,000 12,948,800,000 13,822,000,000 13,759,800,000 12,253,700,000 14,037,500,000 12,598,100,000 12,848,900,000 11,573,600,000 11,467,400,000 12,128,600,000 12,114,800,000 11,403,700,000 10,328,100,000 9,374,900,000 10,566,943,000 12,572,998,000 11,669,458,000 10,814,040,000 10,430,885,000 9,565,226,000 9,141,063,000 8,620,838,000 8,125,688,000 7,902,145,000 7,339,606,000  6,963,795,000 6,661,940,000 6,270,685,000 6,308,548,000 6,426,987,000 6,233,594,000 6,056,194,000 5,674,300,000 5,449,443,000     6,597,810 6,245,705,000                   
        total liabilities and equity
      29,483,100,000 29,439,500,000 29,207,500,000 28,330,200,000 28,033,100,000 28,049,300,000 28,313,200,000 26,804,100,000 26,567,600,000 26,844,800,000 28,193,200,000 25,156,800,000 24,598,400,000 24,554,100,000 24,854,200,000 25,081,400,000 23,614,400,000 23,877,300,000 23,806,700,000 24,470,400,000 23,854,700,000 24,618,900,000 24,934,100,000 25,511,800,000 26,119,200,000 27,484,000,000 26,287,600,000 26,445,500,000 25,492,200,000 23,952,900,000 26,090,100,000 23,652,600,000 23,073,200,000 21,759,000,000 21,195,900,000 22,876,800,000 22,104,900,000 21,514,800,000 20,674,700,000 19,504,800,000 20,728,368,000 16,759,171,000 15,219,454,000 14,316,559,000 13,704,142,000 12,917,998,000 12,230,131,000 11,863,335,000 11,250,249,000 10,841,590,000 10,164,717,000  10,130,118,000 9,630,621,000 9,162,380,000 9,113,549,000 9,049,604,000 8,802,204,000 8,621,979,000 8,293,524,000 8,092,493,000     9,026,437 8,777,196,000                   
        current portion of notes payable
          1,749,100,000           999,800,000 999,500,000 999,100,000 998,800,000      1,501,800,000 1,495,300,000     3,300,000           3,262,000 3,254,000 3,136,000 3,220,000                         10,215,000 11,544,000 12,841,000 1,511,135,000 1,510,113,000 11,897,000 9,148,000          
        current portion of notes payable and term loan
           1,748,600,000                                                                                
        notes payable and term loan
           4,547,200,000 4,545,800,000 6,292,000,000 6,290,100,000 6,788,200,000 6,786,400,000                                                                           
        biogen inc. shareholders’ equity
                                                                                           
        current portion notes payable and term loan
            1,748,100,000                                                                               
        current portion of term loan
              250,000,000 150,000,000 500,000,000                                                                           
        total biogen inc. shareholders’ equity
               14,799,400,000 14,483,800,000 14,466,900,000 13,796,600,000 13,397,900,000 12,775,500,000 11,872,500,000 11,242,300,000 10,896,200,000 10,429,900,000 10,751,900,000 10,682,200,000 10,700,300,000 10,758,500,000 11,308,700,000 12,546,900,000 13,995,900,000 12,952,900,000 13,829,900,000 13,766,600,000 12,260,900,000 14,053,700,000 12,612,800,000 12,860,500,000 11,585,200,000 11,479,000,000 12,140,100,000 12,117,500,000 11,403,800,000 10,326,800,000 9,372,800,000 10,572,726,000 12,572,577,000 11,666,771,000                                           
        noncontrolling interests
                -4,100,000 -6,400,000 -9,600,000 -9,500,000 -8,700,000 -9,100,000 -21,600,000 63,500,000 451,800,000 462,900,000 -19,000,000 -14,200,000 -14,000,000 -19,500,000 -10,000,000 -4,100,000 -4,100,000 -7,900,000 -6,800,000 -7,200,000 -16,200,000 -14,700,000 -11,600,000 -11,600,000 -11,600,000 -11,500,000 -2,700,000 -100,000 1,300,000 2,100,000 -5,783,000 421,000 2,687,000 5,030,000 3,189,000 3,927,000 4,352,000 596,000 596,000 596,000 596,000  2,272,000 2,388,000 2,388,000 2,647,000 1,488,000 4,446,000 79,144,000 70,141,000 52,937,000                         
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                   -164,900,000    -106,700,000 -136,600,000 -171,800,000 -174,300,000 -299,000,000 -225,500,000 -181,000,000 -149,300,000 -92,300,000 -252,900,000 -219,800,000 -248,300,000 -261,600,000 -303,900,000 -318,400,000 -329,400,000 -338,800,000 -325,200,000 -319,900,000 -300,900,000 -282,800,000 -259,300,000 -224,000,000 -157,416,000 -101,025,000 -70,538,000 -59,488,000 -37,987,000 -26,678,000 -22,355,000 -27,745,000 -29,315,000 -55,136,000 -67,975,000                           -17,876,000   -13,910,000 -6,189,000 -8,382,000 -9,377,000  
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                           
        accrued expenses and other
                           3,145,300,000 3,286,200,000 2,486,500,000 2,437,800,000 2,429,100,000 2,318,000,000 2,435,000,000 2,578,500,000 2,633,700,000 2,571,100,000 2,901,300,000 2,455,200,000 2,436,900,000 2,044,600,000 2,903,500,000 2,012,000,000 2,072,700,000 2,003,900,000 2,096,800,000 1,918,897,000 1,812,099,000 1,384,774,000 1,819,334,000 1,544,160,000 1,495,549,000 1,216,843,000 1,355,187,000 1,204,437,000 1,056,229,000 885,093,000  979,945,000 866,208,000 762,353,000 660,562,000 677,210,000 674,743,000 641,273,000 591,448,000 665,923,000  487,803,000 432,887,000 500,755,000 537,408 496,694,000 429,689,000 534,887,000 497,263,000 471,315,000 400,529,000 367,885,000 386,295,000 346,456,000 312,195,000 336,869,000 285,730,000 252,693,000 235,237,000 266,135,000 241,781,000 235,457,000 219,142,000 247,802,000 
        assets held for sale
                                683,400,000 682,000,000                                                  9,601,000 9,403,000 24,534,000 58,416,000 65,186,000    
        liabilities held for sale
                                88,600,000 97,200,000                                                          
        deferred tax assets
                                  2,160,900,000 2,217,900,000 2,277,400,000                                               44,966,000 55,732,000 33,730,000 41,242,000 149,187,000 145,006,000 90,568,000 86,880,000 
        deferred tax liabilities
                                  1,114,600,000 1,160,800,000 1,331,100,000                                                       
        current portion of notes payable and other financing arrangements
                                     3,200,000 573,200,000 559,900,000 561,500,000 4,700,000 4,900,000 4,800,000 4,900,000 4,800,000 5,171,000                                             
        notes payable and other financing arrangements
                                     5,935,000,000 5,938,300,000 5,954,000,000 5,952,700,000 6,512,700,000 6,529,600,000 6,538,300,000 6,535,600,000 6,521,500,000 6,529,275,000       592,433,000 694,894,000 726,388,000 711,831,000                                   
        long-term deferred tax liability
                                          98,700,000 105,600,000 117,800,000 124,900,000 136,761,000 138,403,000 130,564,000 50,656,000 90,357,000 139,092,000 200,901,000 232,554,000 302,483,000 313,341,000 156,667,000  217,272,000 249,577,000 282,904,000 324,264,000 248,644,000 238,175,000 196,784,000 218,504,000 200,950,000  207,492,000 248,898,000 240,618,000 289,654 310,962,000 345,784,000 356,017,000 440,164,000 501,452,000 523,392,000 521,525,000 558,743,000 588,784,000 614,586,000 643,645,000 653,433,000 691,395,000 736,255,000 762,282,000 856,297,000 882,021,000 895,851,000 921,771,000 
        due from unconsolidated joint business
                                             314,500,000 319,788,000 323,714,000 311,956,000 283,360,000 269,999,000 286,897,000 278,316,000 252,662,000 263,465,000 249,996,000 267,429,000  268,395,000 268,965,000 266,841,000 257,351,000 228,724,000 231,582,000 184,871,000 230,610,000 222,459,000  250,143,000 205,228,000 193,789,000 193,279 198,206,000 180,666,000 206,925,000 196,542,000 184,221,000 159,560,000 166,686,000 161,272,000 162,468,000 151,754,000 168,708,000 157,319,000 164,862,000 140,975,000 141,059,000 141,543,000 140,945,000 137,948,000 137,451,000 
        biogen idec inc. shareholders’ equity
                                                                                           
        total biogen idec inc. shareholders’ equity
                                                 10,809,010,000 10,427,696,000 9,561,299,000 9,136,711,000 8,620,242,000 8,125,092,000 7,901,549,000 7,339,010,000  6,961,523,000 6,659,552,000 6,268,297,000 6,305,901,000 6,425,499,000 6,229,148,000 5,977,050,000 5,604,159,000 5,396,506,000  5,170,806,000 5,909,372,000 6,221,530,000 6,564,189 6,212,538,000                   
        current portion of notes payable and line of credit
                                                   3,386,000 3,550,000 3,494,000 3,385,000 3,188,000 203,317,000  453,379,000 453,209,000 453,045,000 453,361,000      11,300,000 10,096,000 19,115,000 19,762,000 15,452 14,697,000 26,488,000 27,667,000                 
        reverse repurchase agreements
                                                        2,968,000,000                                   
        2.2
                                                                                           
        3.1
                                                                                           
        3.2
                                                                                           
        3.3
                                                                                           
        3.4
                                                                                           
        4.1
                                                                                           
        4.2
                                                                                           
        4.3
                                                                                           
        4.4
                                                                                           
        4.5
                                                                                           
        4.6
                                                                                           
        4.7
                                                                                           
        4.8+
                                                                                           
        4.9
                                                                                           
        10.1
                                                                                           
        10.2
                                                                                           
        10.3†
                                                                                           
        10.4†
                                                                                           
        10.5
                                                                                           
        10.6*
                                                                                           
        10.7*
                                                                                           
        10.8*
                                                                                           
        10.9*
                                                                                           
        10.10*
                                                                                           
        exhibit no.
                                                                                           
        10.11*
                                                                                           
        10.12*
                                                                                           
        10.13*
                                                                                           
        10.14*
                                                                                           
        10.15*
                                                                                           
        10.16*
                                                                                           
        10.17*
                                                                                           
        10.18*
                                                                                           
        10.19*
                                                                                           
        10.20*
                                                                                           
        10.21*
                                                                                           
        10.22*
                                                                                           
        10.23*
                                                                                           
        10.24*
                                                                                           
        10.25*
                                                                                           
        10.26*
                                                                                           
        10.27*
                                                                                           
        10.28*
                                                                                           
        10.29*
                                                                                           
        10.30*
                                                                                           
        10.31*
                                                                                           
        10.32*
                                                                                           
        10.33*
                                                                                           
        10.34*
                                                                                           
        notes payable, line of credit and other financing arrangements
                                                          687,396,000 658,442,000 641,568,000 626,012,000 1,060,808,000                             
        current portion of notes payable, line of credit and other financing arrangements
                                                              3,292,000 3,422,000 131,981,000 134,779,000 137,153,000                         
        notes payable and line of credit
                                                               1,060,639,000 1,062,986,000 1,065,613,000 1,066,379,000 1,068,800,000 1,069,725,000 1,076,201,000 1,080,207,000 1,085,844 1,085,607,000                   
        biogen idec inc. shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                           
        financial assets:
                                                                                           
        marketable securities — current
                                                                   197,800,000                        
        marketable securities — non-current
                                                                   560,000,000                        
        total financial assets
                                                                   1,384,600,000                        
        borrowings:
                                                                                           
        total borrowings
                                                                   1,080,100,000                        
        working capital:
                                                                                           
        current assets
                                                                   2,131,100,000                        
        current liabilities
                                                                   -824,500,000                        
        total working capital
                                                                   1,306,700,000                        
        •
                                                                   2,077,600,000                        
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                           
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                           
        noncontrolling interest
                                                                    40,484,000 41,222,000 40,352,000 33,621 33,167,000 32,560,000                  
        total shareholders’ equity
                                                                    5,211,290,000 5,950,594,000 6,261,882,000   6,020,254,000 5,806,083,000 5,768,478,000 5,522,931,000 5,532,708,000 5,534,295,000 4,992,699,000 4,636,699,000 7,347,166,000 7,149,778,000 6,894,874,000 7,008,591,000 7,142,842,000 6,905,876,000 6,797,827,000 6,745,814,000 6,780,959,000  
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                    7,502,150,000 8,217,323,000 8,551,854,000   8,575,206,000 8,478,991,000 8,535,208,000 8,172,826,000 8,170,653,000 8,628,815,000 7,816,375,000 8,935,715,000 8,709,580,000 8,552,808,000         
        collateral received for loaned securities
                                                                          29,991,000                 
        loaned securities
                                                                          29,446,000 158,971,000 191,244,000 140,981,000 204,433,000             
        collateral payable on loaned securities
                                                                          29,991,000 178,129,000 146,956,000 124,693,000 208,209,000             
        cash collateral received for loaned securities
                                                                           178,129,000 146,956,000 124,693,000 208,209,000             
        accumulated deficit
                                                                            -103,137,000 -199,204,000 -352,169,000 -553,080,000 -666,955,000 -821,215,000 -860,827,000 -954,991,000 -1,104,681,000 -928,178,000 -1,021,644,000 -802,311,000 -793,384,000 -808,423,000 -801,094,000 
        tender obligation
                                                                                2,990,030,000           
        tender offer obligation
                                                                                -2,990,297,000           
        property and equipment
                                                                                  1,280,385,000 1,246,116,000 1,227,296,000 1,191,968,000 1,174,396,000 1,093,680,000 1,150,420,000 1,561,918,000 1,525,225,000 
        deferred stock-based compensation
                                                                                      -42,894,000 -53,836,000 -66,466,000 -82,105,000 -36,280,000 
        deferred revenue
                                                                                   6,730,000 19,415,000 19,226,000 16,928,000 18,603,000 16,389,000 20,778,000 13,695,000 
        convertible preferred stock, par value 0.001 per share...
                                                                                           
        less treasury stock, at cost
                                                                                   393,318,000 113,142,000 137,268,000  586,755,000 646,677,000 526,742,000  
        marketable securities available-for-sale
                                                                                     313,490,000 282,585,000 314,906,000 289,053,000 875,438,000 1,109,624,000 
        shareholders’ equity
                                                                                           
        accounts receivable, less allowances
                                                                                      265,742,000     
        current taxes payable
                                                                                      200,193,000    129,350,000 
        less treasury stock, at cost; 5,751 and 8,766 shares at december 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively
                                                                                      222,760,000     
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2010-12-31 2009-06-30 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 
                                                                               
          cash flow from operating activities:
                                                                               
          net income
        319,500,000 -48,900,000 466,500,000 634,800,000 240,500,000 266,700,000 388,500,000 583,600,000 393,400,000 248,900,000 -68,300,000 593,300,000 387,600,000 549,500,000 1,134,900,000 1,058,700,000 218,500,000 -20,500,000 318,000,000 1,025,500,000 404,600,000 357,600,000 703,900,000 1,606,400,000 1,392,600,000 1,439,700,000 1,545,900,000 1,494,100,000 1,408,800,000 944,900,000 1,442,900,000 915,000,000 1,171,200,000 -166,300,000 1,226,100,000 862,800,000 747,500,000 647,900,000 1,030,200,000 1,048,400,000 969,200,000 828,708,000 1,019,493,000 924,825,000 820,174,000 723,132,000 479,728,000 487,616,000 490,670,000 426,749,000 398,399,000 387,141,000 302,366,000 897,946,179 391,464,000 206,654,000 206,788,000 206,628,000 163,097,000 201,150,000 119,381,000 186,140,000 131,501,000 108,556,000 156,599,000 -170,613,000 122,969,000 55,562,000 27,185,000 34,506,000 43,458,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flow from operating activities:
                                                                               
          depreciation and amortization
        204,400,000 200,200,000 202,200,000 194,300,000 183,200,000 184,000,000 182,800,000 158,900,000 147,500,000 140,100,000 125,000,000 117,400,000 112,300,000 119,800,000 120,700,000 134,800,000 143,100,000 134,700,000 133,200,000            346,500,000 171,500,000 168,900,000    512,000,000 177,400,000 180,200,000 175,400,000 149,700,000 156,300,000 151,577,000 144,586,000 147,937,000 164,139,000 190,963,000 147,477,000 128,427,000 97,453,000 94,203,000 90,624,000 83,945,000              123,230,000 97,524,000 109,751,000 98,822,000 96,111,000 
          excess and obsolescence charges related to inventory
        4,800,000 15,300,000 -400,000 7,000,000 7,300,000 33,200,000 24,300,000 16,900,000 27,500,000 62,300,000 25,300,000 19,400,000 17,400,000 14,600,000 16,000,000 24,100,000 281,500,000                                                       
          amortization of acquired inventory step-up
        107,600,000 75,400,000 61,500,000 52,500,000 51,400,000 44,900,000 50,900,000                                                                 
          share-based compensation
        84,000,000 59,600,000 75,300,000 74,900,000 81,000,000 75,100,000 72,700,000 70,600,000 72,800,000 54,900,000 62,200,000 71,500,000 75,600,000 67,200,000 63,600,000 55,700,000 67,600,000 58,800,000 55,700,000 54,100,000 70,000,000 49,000,000 33,500,000 48,100,000 67,700,000 38,400,000 45,900,000 52,300,000 45,700,000 38,500,000 37,300,000 38,300,000 43,400,000 30,600,000 30,100,000 30,300,000 37,000,000 37,000,000 33,700,000 38,800,000 45,300,000 29,863,000 37,860,000 41,614,000 52,063,000 37,516,000 46,340,000 37,464,000 30,630,000 36,757,000 27,911,000 28,071,000 32,396,000 167,691,406 78,892,000  36,692,000 33,118,000 34,529,000             
          contingent consideration
        20,500,000 5,200,000 5,600,000 13,200,000 9,600,000 3,900,000        -195,400,000 -2,100,000 -4,500,000 -7,100,000 -1,600,000 -15,600,000 300,000 -33,800,000 -62,800,000 -29,000,000 10,100,000 -4,600,000 2,600,000 -57,800,000 -20,000,000 11,500,000 79,300,000                                          
          deferred income taxes
        23,600,000 166,900,000 253,800,000 -31,300,000 -27,800,000 -58,400,000 -52,600,000 -87,000,000 39,900,000 71,900,000 -206,800,000 -106,400,000 -64,500,000 -28,800,000 -92,300,000 -48,500,000 1,000,000 323,300,000 -127,300,000 -607,800,000 -15,000,000 -62,900,000 31,700,000 143,300,000 36,900,000 38,700,000 -43,200,000 -156,400,000 228,000,000 153,100,000 12,600,000 -110,500,000 53,100,000 131,400,000 -19,200,000 -96,600,000 76,100,000 -118,200,000 -26,600,000 -39,100,000 8,900,000 40,202,000 -95,155,000 -107,386,000 16,739,000 -66,948,000 -79,558,000 -48,140,000 -51,522,000 -66,525,000 -43,027,000 -39,955,000 -3,876,000 -81,348,756 -42,772,000 -81,958,000 -42,834,000 -21,940,000 7,183,000 -41,189,000 -22,194,000 -23,187,000 5,015,000 -26,560,000 -33,679,000 -19,566,000 -26,532,000 16,672,000 -32,651,000 -73,731,000 -25,829,000 
          loss on strategic investments
        -19,000,000 -14,400,000 500,000 -7,700,000 40,900,000 78,700,000 -38,900,000 30,300,000 31,300,000 1,400,000 302,500,000 -106,400,000 79,600,000 105,600,000 -109,000,000 78,200,000 191,100,000 116,300,000 426,900,000 -154,000,000 437,600,000                                                   
          other
        28,000,000 19,000,000 33,300,000 9,300,000 6,700,000 64,500,000 30,100,000 39,600,000 25,400,000 49,600,000 38,100,000 29,100,000 31,400,000 60,400,000 35,600,000 68,900,000 43,300,000 1,200,000 88,600,000 40,700,000 71,700,000 21,100,000 24,800,000 39,600,000 45,700,000 -18,200,000 -3,700,000 40,400,000 50,700,000 -900,000 -110,600,000 16,300,000 26,100,000 35,200,000 53,400,000 55,400,000 18,100,000 57,800,000 13,600,000 40,000,000 -20,200,000 50,636,000 37,372,000 27,113,000 -32,921,000 7,263,000 -71,476,000 5,918,000 -9,053,000 -33,442,000 27,113,000 8,003,000 -29,073,000              1,193,000   -536,000 -1,369,000 
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of business acquired:
                                                                               
          accounts receivable
        -33,700,000 27,800,000 245,400,000 10,500,000 -181,000,000 94,700,000 115,300,000 -31,400,000 43,700,000 137,800,000 -98,300,000 -55,400,000 77,200,000 -93,900,000 -42,200,000 20,200,000 -87,500,000 167,000,000 -53,700,000 174,300,000 37,200,000 138,500,000 133,100,000 -30,400,000 -238,400,000 71,200,000 500,000 133,700,000 -136,600,000 48,800,000 -66,800,000 -53,200,000 -134,000,000 -209,800,000 75,400,000 -105,500,000 -195,700,000 -3,300,000 -173,100,000 95,000,000 -160,000,000 92,608,000 -24,701,000 89,380,000 -128,287,000 8,724,000 -197,685,000 -34,172,000 -110,142,000 -75,546,000 29,244,000 78,308,000 -89,066,000 -99,154,281 -63,842,000 37,772,000 -9,035,000 -31,599,000 -54,703,000 -12,978,000 -16,724,000 -34,357,000 -6,642,000 -18,164,000 2,036,000 -11,396,000 -9,485,000 -5,245,000 -7,635,000 17,797,000 1,335,000 
          due from anti-cd20 therapeutic programs
        103,400,000 -48,800,000 -16,000,000 -66,200,000 70,400,000 -12,200,000 -800,000 -55,800,000 40,700,000 -7,700,000 9,800,000 -44,300,000 37,600,000 -16,000,000 20,600,000 -46,500,000 22,900,000 -12,300,000 22,200,000 -52,500,000 43,800,000 113,700,000 -86,100,000 70,500,000 78,600,000                                               
          inventory
        116,200,000 -29,400,000 -7,400,000 -89,900,000 62,000,000 -66,400,000 -19,200,000 -110,500,000 -77,700,000 -96,000,000 30,200,000 -93,000,000 27,900,000 18,100,000 -95,000,000 -100,700,000 -142,600,000 -139,800,000 -128,800,000 -81,300,000 -112,500,000 -45,700,000 -82,400,000 -126,000,000 -62,200,000 -66,500,000 -61,400,000 -20,300,000 129,000,000 -20,200,000 8,200,000 -42,700,000 2,600,000 75,800,000 -85,000,000 -39,100,000 -46,200,000 -10,500,000 -26,800,000 -39,700,000 -88,600,000 -24,013,000 -69,093,000 -59,787,000 -21,507,000 -55,709,000 -16,980,000 -53,643,000 -68,362,000 -60,809,000    -4,543,311 -14,353,000 -19,828,000 -6,189,000 -21,843,000 -6,344,000 -12,326,000 -18,785,000 -28,890,000 -23,191,000 -13,664,000 605,000 -8,071,000 -15,507,000 21,748,000 -4,268,000 -19,763,000 -30,449,000 
          accrued expense and other current liabilities
        -243,200,000 203,800,000 286,000,000 -18,200,000 -300,500,000 108,800,000 31,400,000 61,500,000 -177,100,000 -495,500,000 421,000,000 167,900,000 -295,000,000 -745,700,000 -1,700,000 1,095,600,000 -461,600,000 147,900,000 -54,900,000 95,200,000 -283,600,000                                                   
          income tax assets and liabilities
        18,400,000 -194,000,000 -229,400,000 -603,800,000 69,100,000 16,400,000 69,800,000 -5,500,000 -2,200,000 -184,200,000 -32,400,000 -147,400,000 65,000,000 -42,100,000 -34,300,000 -167,800,000 101,900,000 -29,700,000 89,000,000 106,700,000 64,800,000 -82,800,000 -489,300,000 281,600,000 223,000,000 -48,500,000 -242,300,000 136,600,000 170,300,000 6,100,000 132,200,000 -74,200,000 257,600,000 1,133,400,000 285,200,000 80,400,000 -195,100,000                                   
          other changes in operating assets and liabilities
        -89,000,000 -68,100,000 -104,400,000 -22,000,000 -53,500,000 -113,000,000 37,300,000 -46,900,000 -56,100,000 -2,500,000 -15,900,000 41,300,000 -96,800,000 -107,900,000 149,900,000 79,600,000 -213,600,000 -56,900,000 9,700,000 -16,400,000 -80,900,000 -40,100,000 -106,900,000 -8,600,000 18,500,000  19,300,000 90,800,000 -171,100,000  -89,700,000 28,700,000 -20,000,000  -62,900,000 -153,000,000 -34,300,000  12,000,000 35,300,000 14,800,000  -55,285,000 3,337,000 -69,711,000 31,407,000 -75,338,000 129,402,000 33,654,000 35,212,000 38,262,000 -50,615,000 -20,036,000                   
          net cash flow from operating activities
        645,500,000 511,900,000 1,272,500,000 160,900,000 259,300,000 760,900,000 935,600,000 625,800,000 553,200,000 12,500,000 592,400,000 487,000,000 455,300,000 -175,000,000 661,000,000 736,500,000 161,800,000 838,300,000 805,300,000 1,227,300,000 769,000,000                                                   
          cash flow from investing activities:
                                                                               
          purchases of property, plant and equipment
        -51,200,000 -43,900,000 -46,200,000 -26,600,000 -37,100,000 -39,300,000 -35,000,000 -33,500,000 -45,900,000 -65,200,000 -74,200,000 -71,000,000 -66,600,000 -86,400,000 -59,100,000 -36,900,000 -57,900,000 -51,600,000 -42,000,000 -71,900,000 -92,600,000 -86,000,000 -84,100,000 -105,000,000 -149,700,000 -110,400,000 -90,100,000 -186,900,000 -127,100,000 -225,900,000 -163,200,000 -186,800,000 -194,700,000 -230,600,000 -229,100,000 -197,700,000 -210,000,000 -182,100,000 -170,300,000 -136,800,000 -126,900,000 -186,115,000 -229,197,000 -129,858,000 -97,830,000 -64,002,000 -54,306,000 -80,188,000 -54,151,000 -33,289,000 -58,064,000 -72,896,000 -54,551,000 -172,930,780 -71,721,000 -53,993,000 -64,868,000 -71,062,000 -86,031,000 -108,356,000 -58,502,000 -79,846,000 -37,402,000         
          proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities
        625,200,000         5,698,600,000 1,275,500,000 406,700,000 566,300,000 1,643,200,000 917,900,000 543,600,000 1,377,300,000 575,400,000 633,500,000 819,200,000 2,058,700,000 1,360,800,000 1,490,600,000 2,389,300,000 2,139,400,000 611,800,000 1,766,600,000 1,489,200,000 1,179,000,000 1,192,000,000 2,733,800,000 4,068,900,000 1,093,300,000 888,100,000 1,700,200,000 1,884,300,000 2,193,100,000 2,362,200,000 1,642,500,000 1,181,100,000 699,626,000 2,387,857,000 601,954,000 373,563,000 560,013,000 757,512,000 620,511,000 75,201,000 4,329,506,000 489,450,000 599,497,000 824,434,000 2,666,203,637 1,637,562,000    917,972,000   1,606,127,000 803,675,000 319,042,000 445,040,000       
          purchases of marketable securities
        -748,800,000 -1,167,300,000        -1,020,400,000 -2,799,100,000 -1,321,200,000 -642,600,000 -494,300,000 -1,178,100,000 -1,133,500,000 -1,436,100,000 -745,700,000 -713,600,000 -913,300,000 -1,748,600,000 -895,200,000 -2,069,200,000 -1,684,700,000 -1,200,500,000 -1,977,000,000 -1,250,100,000 -825,000,000 -1,601,000,000 -1,319,500,000 -2,855,100,000 -1,919,200,000 -1,261,300,000 -1,557,900,000 -1,279,300,000 -1,256,700,000 -2,281,500,000 -1,798,400,000 -1,918,900,000 -1,914,400,000 -1,994,758,000 -2,825,096,000 -1,722,088,000 -322,958,000 -1,121,395,000 -666,211,000 -855,635,000 -457,294,000 -1,160,680,000 -938,409,000 -576,842,000 -677,092,000 -1,987,022,231 -1,869,415,000 -1,362,768,000 -740,897,000 -628,500,000 -431,659,000 -743,726,000 -333,147,000 -989,821,000 -878,550,000 -352,644,000 -268,241,000       
          acquired in-process research and development
        -35,000,000                   75,000,000     27,500,000 75,000,000 10,000,000 240,000,000                            18,405,000         
          acquisitions of intangible assets
         -16,300,000 -5,300,000 -10,000,000 -27,000,000 -95,000,000 -9,100,000 -75,000,000 -13,400,000 -16,000,000 -5,000,000 -1,000,000   -16,900,000    -15,000,000 -37,000,000       -65,000,000 -50,100,000 -5,100,000 -855,200,000 -1,200,000                                  
          proceeds from sales of strategic investments
        500,000 100,000    48,000,000 39,200,000 1,900,000 55,600,000 13,400,000 3,000,000 69,400,000 33,800,000     2,300,000 91,200,000 74,400,000 500,000 3,300,000 166,300,000                                             
          net cash flow from investing activities
        -209,500,000 -1,231,700,000 -35,100,000 -57,000,000 -47,300,000 -18,600,000 -1,181,100,000 466,500,000 -66,000,000 -652,300,000 -1,742,200,000 -753,500,000 -953,000,000 -141,100,000 1,672,200,000 693,500,000 -648,000,000    -64,700,000                                                   
          cash flow from financing activities:
                                                                               
          payments related to issuance of stock for share-based compensation arrangements
        -55,100,000 3,000,000 5,200,000 6,100,000 -24,300,000 3,500,000 6,000,000 6,100,000 -46,900,000 3,700,000 6,600,000 5,500,000 -60,100,000 3,900,000 5,700,000 9,300,000 -20,800,000 7,600,000 5,900,000 12,900,000 -27,100,000 7,200,000 7,400,000 10,400,000 -29,600,000  6,700,000 8,600,000 -32,200,000 4,600,000 7,600,000 6,900,000 -21,200,000 5,400,000 7,100,000 7,700,000 -25,500,000                                   
          net cash flow from financing activities
        -43,800,000 -137,000,000 -130,200,000 -11,700,000 -23,000,000 7,900,000 -6,600,000 -245,200,000 -439,600,000 -646,100,000 848,600,000 -9,800,000 -43,400,000 -7,400,000 -1,251,900,000 -471,500,000 -16,500,000                                                       
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
        392,200,000 -856,800,000 1,107,200,000 92,200,000 189,000,000 750,200,000 -252,100,000 847,100,000 47,600,000 -1,285,900,000 -301,200,000 -276,300,000 -541,100,000 -323,500,000 1,081,300,000 958,500,000 -502,700,000 735,400,000 -174,800,000 510,100,000 -80,700,000 -934,600,000 -184,200,000 -197,600,000 -335,100,000 552,200,000 640,000,000 -522,500,000 1,019,000,000 -1,166,900,000 1,141,900,000 -2,840,700,000 2,535,100,000 40,700,000 362,000,000   273,700,000 722,200,000 246,300,000 -192,400,000 -2,765,537,000 2,813,095,000 -209,680,000 311,022,000 38,106,000 225,494,000 29,008,000 -271,792,000 96,456,000   -221,021,000 185,032,281 162,304,000 -390,304,000 547,551,000 -224,330,000 29,030,000   830,524,000 119,348,000 246,695,000 70,061,000 -191,368,000 -32,303,000 271,676,000 -341,908,000 361,957,000 66,996,000 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
        -18,000,000 2,500,000 -3,200,000 68,300,000 34,300,000 -74,400,000 42,400,000 -12,600,000 -23,100,000 47,900,000 -28,700,000 -4,100,000 20,000,000 67,200,000 -52,300,000 -61,200,000 -9,400,000 -15,800,000 -25,400,000 14,400,000 -33,000,000 41,000,000 24,100,000 -8,800,000 12,700,000 17,600,000 -19,500,000 2,700,000 -400,000 4,800,000 -5,400,000 -17,100,000 -900,000 -15,000,000 16,600,000 29,900,000 7,900,000 -32,000,000 600,000 -15,000,000 15,100,000 -15,442,000 -6,170,000 13,707,000 -37,895,000 -3,510,000 545,000 6,296,000 997,000 -3,875,000 3,768,000 -6,353,000 4,618,000 -7,368,149 2,115,000 1,988,000 -3,343,000 2,324,000 -193,000 -542,000 -348,000 117,000 215,000 88,000        
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period
        3,008,500,000  2,375,000,000  1,049,900,000  3,419,300,000  2,261,400,000  1,331,200,000  2,913,700,000  1,224,600,000  1,573,800,000  2,326,500,000  1,308,000,000  1,204,924,000 602,562,000 570,721,000 514,542,000  622,385,000  659,662,000  661,377,000  568,168,000  209,447,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, end of the period
        3,382,700,000  1,104,000,000 160,500,000 2,598,300,000  -209,700,000 834,500,000 1,074,400,000  -329,900,000 -280,400,000 2,898,200,000  1,029,000,000 897,300,000 1,749,300,000  -200,200,000 524,500,000 1,217,500,000  -160,100,000 -206,400,000 2,591,300,000  620,500,000 -519,800,000 2,243,200,000  1,136,500,000 -2,857,800,000 4,108,000,000  378,600,000 245,500,000 924,000,000  722,800,000 231,300,000 1,130,700,000  2,806,925,000 -195,973,000 1,478,051,000 34,596,000 828,601,000 35,304,000 -270,795,000 663,302,000 -5,088,000 158,672,000 298,139,000  786,804,000  544,208,000 -222,006,000 688,499,000  -1,174,255,000 830,641,000 780,940,000  69,490,000 -190,761,000 535,865,000  -341,908,000 361,957,000 276,443,000 
          impairment of intangible assets
         4,400,000   40,000,000            43,400,000                                                     
          impairment of rou asset
                                                                               
          gain on sale of priority review voucher
                                                                             
          acquisition of reata, net of cash acquired
                 -590,500,000                                                              
          acquisition of hi-bio, net of cash acquired
                                                                              
          proceeds from sale of equity interest in samsung bioepis
                                                                          
          proceeds from sale of priority review voucher
             -14,400,000                                                                 
          proceeds from borrowings
         -300,000                  100,000                   -436,000                  617,000            
          repayments of borrowings
                                                             -12,474,000 -1,500,000,000            
          net (distribution) contribution to noncontrolling interest
                 8,100,000 2,500,000 1,500,000 200,000 200,000 100,000 11,900,000 200,000                                                       
          contingent consideration payments
                                                                               
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the year
                                                                               
          cash and cash equivalents, end of the year
                                                                               
          cash paid for contingent consideration
                                                                               
          repayment of borrowings
                                                           -10,867,000                 
          loss on equity method investment
                         -17,700,000 -1,100,000 -34,300,000 18,200,000 -18,000,000                                                  
          gain on sale of equity interest in samsung bioepis
                                                                             
          gain on sale of building
                                                                              
          proceeds from sale of building
                                                                              
          purchase of treasury stock
                                                 -2,001,810,000 -2,955,997,000     -359,285,000 -41,023,000 -53,220,000 -446,780,000 -463,171,000  -57,631,000 -179,171,000       -319,902,000    -154,115,000 -168,475,000 
          repayments of borrowings and premiums paid
                                                                               
          amortization of inventory step-up
                44,100,000                                                               
          repayment of borrowings and premiums paid
                -400,000,000                                                               
          proceeds from divestiture of hillerød, denmark manufacturing operations
                         28,100,000                                                  
          loss on equity method investments
                      -5,900,000 3,300,000                                                       
          purchases of treasury stock
                      -250,000,000    -750,000,000 -450,000,000 -600,000,000  -1,250,000,000 -2,808,900,000 -2,220,200,000 -2,093,100,000 -717,900,000 -2,401,500,000 -655,800,000 -1,352,600,000 -2,750,000,000 -250,000,000 -781,800,000 -583,600,000                                   
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net:
                                                                               
          loss on divestiture of hillerød, denmark manufacturing operations
                                 -40,200,000                                              
          purchase of sangamo therapeutics, inc. stock
                                                                             
          purchase of denali therapeutics inc. stock
                                                                              
          purchase of sage therapeutics, inc. stock
                                                                               
          repayments of borrowings and premiums paid on debt exchange
                                                                               
          proceeds from sale of equity in samsung bioepis
                                                                               
          proceeds from the sales of strategic investments
                                                                               
          repayment of borrowings and premiums paid on debt exchange
                          -700,000 -169,300,000                                                   
          contingent consideration paid related to fumapharm ag acquisition
                                  -300,000,000  -300,000,000 -300,000,000 -600,000,000                                       
          acquisition of nightstar therapeutics plc, net of cash acquired
                                                                             
          net cash flow used in financing activities
                         9,800,000 -746,500,000 -564,500,000 -785,000,000                                                   
          net cash flow used in investing activities
                          -233,600,000                                                     
          cash proceeds from settlement of swap
                                                                               
          net distribution to noncontrolling interest
                                   500,000 2,000,000                                         
          gain on interest rate swap
                                                                               
          depreciation, amortization and impairments
                            146,900,000  134,000,000 112,900,000 119,900,000 113,000,000 329,500,000 117,000,000 121,100,000                                           
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                               
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                               
          loss on divestiture of hillerod, denmark manufactuing operations
                                                                               
          unrealized loss on strategic investments
                             -723,600,000 81,500,000     175,800,000 -375,000,000                                           
          accrued expenses and other current liabilities
                             -218,700,000 814,300,000 -94,000,000 -347,400,000 349,300,000 107,000,000 -77,700,000 -138,400,000 364,800,000 87,400,000 135,100,000 -121,800,000 277,100,000 -52,200,000 231,900,000 -684,200,000 793,300,000 -60,900,000 18,500,000 -180,800,000 248,732,000 -4,603,000 35,538,000 -205,467,000 141,069,000 -171,368,000   -180,910,000 52,102,000 134,004,000 -82,031,000 130,857,623 22,950,000 -6,970,000   65,682,000 8,895,000 24,258,000 -14,187,000 13,494,000 78,683,000 17,716,000 -22,635,000 -59,952,000 241,000 17,669,000 77,371,000 -7,727,000 
          net cash flows from operating activities
                             -367,100,000 1,181,100,000 1,948,500,000 1,467,300,000 1,960,200,000 1,694,900,000 1,964,000,000 1,459,500,000 1,895,400,000 1,735,900,000 1,099,300,000 1,457,100,000 1,518,300,000 1,628,300,000 1,169,200,000 235,200,000 1,576,600,000 986,600,000 995,800,000 963,400,000 1,040,395,000 895,448,000 1,047,220,000 733,037,000 990,593,000 104,626,000 671,922,000 625,212,000 178,939,000 541,784,000 635,581,000 194,625,000 1,623,479,383 529,301,000 409,292,000 512,193,000 276,022,000 366,985,000 345,862,000 210,426,000 202,018,000 262,329,000 241,805,000 259,838,000 183,372,000 156,253,000 274,740,000 173,095,000 228,782,000 212,886,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                               
          purchase of ionis pharmaceuticals, inc. stock
                                     800,000                                         
          proceeds from divesiture of hillerod, denmark manufacturing operations
                                                                               
          investment in samsung bioepis
                                                                               
          net cash flows from investing activities
                             -166,400,000 -52,400,000 -832,700,000 442,900,000   -110,800,000 238,800,000  -619,100,000 -1,148,500,000 1,346,600,000            -502,771,000  5,993,000   155,941,000   618,000  -303,220,000  -99,470,000 -250,223,000 449,577,000 -616,635,000     121,491,000 -385,374,000 -272,212,000 -70,944,000 -534,294,000 1,027,693,000 -4,714,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                               
          net contribution (distribution) to noncontrolling interest
                                                                               
          net cash flows from financing activities
                             -401,100,000 -1,312,900,000     -2,375,700,000 -679,300,000  25,100,000 -2,791,500,000 -268,600,000     -721,200,000 -300,600,000 -13,400,000 47,400,000 -1,998,403,000 2,907,584,000 -3,537,000 80,756,000  114,875,000        -63,777,000            83,656,000 67,880,000 19,291,000 -894,518,000 -141,176,000 
          proceeds from settlement of net investment hedge
                                                                               
          unrealized (gain) loss on strategic investments
                                62,000,000                                               
          net cash flows used in financing activities
                                -2,245,300,000 -2,116,400,000         -19,500,000 -751,000,000 -901,400,000           -318,522,000 -170,763,000 -238,424,000 -28,250,000 -417,440,000 -416,264,000 -1,782,908,155                  
          other liabilities
                                                                  9,957,000 13,652,000 26,437,000 -1,382,000 2,587,000         
          contingent consideration related to fumapharm ag acquisition
                                         -300,000,000 -300,000,000 -300,000,000 -300,000,000 -300,000,000 -300,000,000 -300,000,000 -300,000,000 -300,000,000 -300,000,000 -250,000,000                           
          net contribution (distribution) to noncontrolling interests
                                                                               
          net cash contribution to bioverativ, inc.
                                                                               
          net cash flows used in investing activities
                                          -1,246,800,000 -202,600,000 -744,200,000 -581,700,000 36,200,000 -736,100,000 -1,203,200,000 -1,807,529,000 -989,937,000     -324,392,000   -522,390,000            -167,382,000         
          loss on assets and liabilities held for sale
                                   -2,300,000 115,500,000                                           
          other assets
                                                             -12,561,565 -5,537,000 -21,187,000 32,325,000 -4,716,000 -2,711,000 71,495,000 -58,372,000 5,950,000 -18,835,000 -24,264,000 219,000       
          net cash contribution to bioverativ inc.
                                                                              
          acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                                               
          depreciation, amortization and acquired in-process research and development
                                          177,400,000                                     
          net cash contribution to bioverativ
                                            -302,700,000                                   
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                            -1,410,400,000              -8,856,000                     
          proceeds from issuance of stock for share-based compensation arrangements
                                             8,500,000 11,300,000 9,400,000 14,500,000 8,691,000 10,782,000 9,113,000 25,614,000 11,114,000 22,363,000 17,365,000 17,185,000 21,817,000 15,197,000 19,001,000 24,080,000 183,405,553 24,387,000                 
          excess tax benefit from share-based compensation
                                                             13,142,284                  
          changes in other tax assets and liabilities
                                                                               
          acquisitions of business, net of cash acquired
                                                  -198,798,000 -25,000,000                        
          excess tax benefit from share-based awards
                                              2,900,000                                 
          current taxes payable
                                               -376,800,000 225,100,000   -52,000,000 154,017,000                           
          excess tax benefit from stock options
                                                8,300,000  1,088,000 3,261,000 66,429,000 4,484,000 79,456,000        -2,800,000 -566,000 -8,976,000 -10,822,000 -7,626,000 -38,266,000 -21,560,000 -4,647,000 -5,193,000         
          other long-term liabilities and taxes payable
                                                                               
          due from unconsolidated joint business
                                                             -28,642,171 8,719,000 -10,383,000 -12,321,000 -24,661,000 7,126,000 -5,414,000 1,196,000 -10,714,000 16,954,000 -11,389,000 7,543,000 -23,887,000 84,000 484,000 -598,000 -2,997,000 -497,000 
          acquisition of tysabri rights
                                                                              
          acquisitions of businesses
                                                                               
          repayment of borrowings under senior notes
                                                       -2,340,000 -450,000,000                      
          purchases of reverse repurchase agreements
                                                         -2,968,000,000                      
          proceeds from borrowings under line of credit facility
                                                         200,000,000                      
          acquisition of stromedix, inc., net of cash acquired
                                                            -72,401,000                   
          depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment, and intangible assets
                                                                               
          fair value adjustment of contingent consideration
                                                                               
          excess tax benefit from shared-based compensation
                                                                               
          write-down of inventory to net realizable value
                                                             11,798,082 11,475,000 7,378,000 12,634,000 5,452,000 4,386,000 2,020,000 4,745,000 8,117,000 6,717,000 381,000 559,000 8,751,000 3,298,000 18,333,000 16,102,000 8,308,000 41,304,000 
          impairment of marketable securities, investments and other assets
                                                             20,826,681 10,002,000                 
          non-cash interest income, foreign exchange remeasurement gain, net and other
                                                                               
          realized (gain) loss on sale of marketable securities and strategic investments
                                                                               
          other liabilities and taxes payable
                                                             17,650,436 -90,748,000 54,291,000                
          acquisitions
                                                             -72,436,024                  
          acquisition of a variable interest entity
                                                             -84,867,048                  
          proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                                               
          purchases of intangible assets
                                                                               
          purchases of other investments
                                                             -4,486,501 -35,202,000  -5,649,000 -2,390,000 -9,221,000  -3,704,000 -2,932,000 -12,886,000  -1,275,000 -2,211,000 -2,094,000     
          proceeds from the sale of strategic investments
                                                                               
          collateral received under securities lending
                                                              29,991,000 148,138,000 -31,173,000 -22,263,000 83,516,000             
          change in cash overdraft
                                                             11,778,414 7,525,000                 
          acquisition of noncontrolling interests
                                                                               
          net distributions to noncontrolling interests
                                                                               
          net proceeds from financing arrangement for the sale of the san diego facility
                                                                               
          repayments on financing arrangement for the sale of the san diego facility
                                                                               
          obligation under securities lending
                                                              -29,991,000                 
          depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets
                                                             353,840,911 248,877,000                 
          realized gain on sale of marketable securities and strategic investments
                                                              -15,434,000  9,702,000               
          (gain) loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
                                                                               
          acquisition of noncontrolling interest
                                                                               
          proceeds from the issuance of stock for share-based compensation arrangements
                                                                               
          net contributions (to) from noncontrolling interests
                                                                               
          non-cash interest income and foreign exchange remeasurement gain
                                                             5,806,876                  
          net contributions from noncontrolling interests
                                                                               
          acquired in process research and development
                                                                               
          cash received upon termination of interest rate swap
                                                                               
          (gain) loss on sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                                               
          net cash flows from in investing activities
                                                                               
          loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
                                                                               
          proceeds from the sale of a strategic equity investment
                                                              5,565,000                 
          net distributions to noncontrolling interest
                                                                               
          net contributions from noncontrolling interest
                                                                               
          non-cash interest income and foreign exchange remeasurement
                                                                               
          acquired in process research and development and license
                                                                               
          gain on sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                                               
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                                               -25,000,000 -3,500,000 -50,000,000           
          proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
                                                                   -143,000 16,742,000 70,000 38,274,000 85,000 2,006,000 33,851,000     
          repayments of long-term debt
                                                                              
          net capital contribution from noncontrolling interest
                                                                               
          supplemental cash flow disclosures:
                                                                               
          cash paid during the year for:
                                                                               
          interest
                                                                               
          income taxes
                                                                               
          non-cash financing activity:
                                                                               
          conversion of subordinated notes to common and treasury stock
                                                                               
          collateral received under securities leading
                                                                               
          non-cash interest expense and foreign exchange remeasurement loss
                                                              -7,592,000                 
          net income attributable to biogen idec inc.
                                                                               
          depreciation and amortization of fixed and intangible assets
                                                                       87,217,000        
          noncontrolling interest in subsidiaries
                                                                               
          impairment of investments and other assets
                                                               30,142,000 16,051,000 6,559,000 8,892,000 18,279,000 653,000 3,053,000 2,460,000  582,000    17,536,000 14,588,000 
          changes in assets and liabilities, net:
                                                                               
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities depreciation and amortization of fixed and intangible assets
                                                                      88,815,000         
          minority interest in subsidiaries
                                                               1,773,000 1,013,000               
          gain on settlement of license agreements
                                                                               
          share based compensation
                                                                               
          non-cash interest income and foreign exchange translation gain
                                                                               
          facility impairments and (gain) loss on disposition
                                                                               
          proceeds from sale of product line
                                                                               
          purchase of other investments
                                                                               
          proceeds from issuance of stock for share based compensation arrangements
                                                               11,454,000 77,500,000 61,221,000 28,311,000 241,744,000            
          issuance of notes to fumedica
                                                                               
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities depreciation and amortization of fixed & intangible assets
                                                                  106,932,000             
          in-process research & development
                                                                              
          non-cash interest expense
                                                                -23,439,000 4,009,000 8,142,000             
          proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable debt securities
                                                                743,116,000               
          proceeds from sale of property, plant, and equipment
                                                                               
          change in cash overdrafts
                                                                17,179,000 -12,517,000 13,390,000  -9,573,000 -645,000 3,000  -5,842,000 -12,967,000 7,664,000  -4,317,000 -8,511,000 -22,611,000 
          proceeds from borrowings, net of discounts and expenses
                                                                104,000 986,876,000             
          obligations under securities lending
                                                                31,173,000 22,263,000 -83,516,000             
          repayment of long-term debt
                                                                               
          net cash flow provided by financing activities
                                                                134,828,000 -250,129,000 -787,532,000   64,412,000 24,401,000         
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities
                                                                               
          depreciation and amortization of fixed & intangible assets
                                                                               
          accrued expenses and other liabilities
                                                                               
          repurchase of senior notes
                                                                           -1,000   
          proceeds from line of credit
                                                                               
          in process research & development
                                                                  25,000,000             
          minority interest of subsidiaries
                                                                  2,710,000             
          realized (gain) loss on sale of marketable securities and strategic investment
                                                                  -5,267,000  -10,668,000           
          purchase of common stock
                                                                  -240,219,000             
          non-cash interest income
                                                                   1,360,000            
          acquired in process research & development and license
                                                                               
          gain on settlement of license agreement
                                                                              
          facility impairment and (gain) loss on sale
                                                                               
          proceeds from sale of amevive
                                                                             
          acquired in process research & development
                                                                               
          stock-based compensation
                                                                     29,859,000 29,560,000  36,434,000 42,005,000 23,620,000  2,836,000 8,778,000 7,851,000 
          facility impairment and (gain) loss on disposition
                                                                               
          proceeds from the sale of a strategic investment
                                                                               
          net cash flows from (used in) investing activities
                                                                               
          proceeds from issuance of stock for share based payment arrangements
                                                                               
          proceeds of loan from joint venture partner
                                                                               
          repayments of loan to joint venture partner
                                                                     -3,703,000         
          non-cash financing transaction:
                                                                               
          see note 14 “indebtedness” and note 16 “tender offer” for a discussion of non-cash financing transactions that occurred during the six months ended june 30, 2007.
                                                                               
          non-cash interest expense and amortization of investment premium
                                                                      437,000 898,000   -108,000 -7,547,000 1,718,000 8,257,000 16,753,000 
          realized loss on sale of marketable securities
                                                                      245,000  662,000 954,000 804,000     
          gain on sale of long-lived assets
                                                                               
          acquisition of syntonix, net of cash acquired
                                                                      -42,289,000         
          proceeds from issuance of stock for share-based payment arrangements
                                                                      22,908,000         
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from
                                                                               
          operating activities
                                                                               
          acquisition of in process research and development
                                                                              
          (gain) loss on settlement of license agreements
                                                                               
          stock based compensation
                                                                               
          realized (gain) loss on investments and other
                                                                               
          impairment of property, plant and equipment
                                                                           807,000 -3,156,000 6,223,000 
          impairment of investments
                                                                          2,107,000     
          changes in, net of assets and liabilities acquired:
                                                                               
          other long-term liabilities
                                                                       3,525,000 2,426,000 2,149,000 3,605,000 3,191,000 1,356,000 -5,339,000 7,639,000 
          acquisition of fumapharm, net of cash acquired
                                                                               
          acquisition of conforma, net of cash acquired
                                                                               
          issuance of stock for stock based compensation arrangements
                                                                               
          proceeds from joint venture partner
                                                                               
          repayments to joint venture partner
                                                                               
          facility impairments and (gain) loss on sale
                                                                               
          tax benefit from stock options
                                                                        -2,052,000 4,954,000 -15,195,000 13,490,000 -5,694,000 1,131,000 16,438,000 
          deferred revenue
                                                                        -15,456,000 189,000 2,298,000 -1,675,000 2,214,000 -4,389,000 7,083,000 
          payments for acquisition of fumapharm, net of cash acquired
                                                                              
          payments for acquisition of conforma, net of cash acquired
                                                                              
          acquisitions of property, plant and equipment
                                                                        -54,118,000 -14,092,000 -65,630,000 -102,426,000 -59,734,000 -90,370,000 -65,846,000 
          issuance of treasury stock for stock-based compensation arrangements
                                                                        12,351,000 18,131,000 56,356,000     
          loan proceeds from joint venture partner
                                                                        73,000 10,790,000 4,441,000     
          cash paid during the period for tax liabilities
                                                                        118,372,000       
          cash paid during the period for interest
                                                                               
          acquisition of in process research & development
                                                                               
          non-cash interest income and amortization of investment premium
                                                                               
          impact of inventory step-up related to inventory sold
                                                                         919,000 4,002,000     
          facility impairments and loss on sale
                                                                         -800,000 -298,000 15,208,000    
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash & cash equivalents
                                                                               
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                               
          other current and other assets
                                                                          -3,880,000 21,059,000 -4,427,000 835,000 14,758,000 
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                               
          purchases of marketable securities available-for-sale
                                                                          -596,216,000 -211,572,000 -626,988,000 -205,272,000 -290,452,000 
          proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities available-for-sale
                                                                          357,877,000 245,659,000 260,093,000 921,543,000 354,839,000 
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                               
          write-off of acquired in-process research and development
                                                                               
          realized gain on sale of marketable securities available-for-sale
                                                                              1,679,000 
          cash received from acquisition of biogen, inc., net of cash paid
                                                                               
          restricted cash
                                                                               
          proceeds from sale of manufacturing facility
                                                                             
          issuance of common stock for option exercises and employee stock purchase plan
                                                                               
          issuance of treasury stock for option exercises and employee stock purchase plan
                                                                             14,523,000 49,910,000 
          change in cash overdraft.
                                                                               
          proceeds from loan
                                                                               
          supplemental cash flow data
                                                                               
          realized loss on sale of marketable securities available-for-sale
                                                                            1,678,000   
          impact of inventory step-up
                                                                            4,235,000 4,541,000 3,537,000 
          purchases of investments and other assets
                                                                            -107,665,000 -6,338,000 -3,255,000 
          issuance of common stock for stock-based compensation arrangements
                                                                               
          loss on sale of manufacturing facility
                                                                               
          increase in investments and other assets
                                                                               
          proceeds from issuance of notes payable