ALLIANCES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]

Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Table Text Block]

Selected financial information pertaining to alliances was as follows, including net product sales when BMS is the principal in the third-party customer sale for products subject to the alliance. Expenses summarized below do not include all amounts attributed to the activities for the products in the alliance, but only the payments between the alliance partners or the related amortization if the payments were deferred or capitalized.

	Year Ended December 31,
Dollars in Millions	2020		2019		2018
Revenues from alliances:
Net product sales	$	9,364	$	9,944	$	8,359
Alliance revenues	615		597		647
Total Revenues	$	9,979	$	10,541	$	9,006
Payments to/(from) alliance partners:
Cost of products sold	$	4,485	$	4,169	$	3,439
Marketing, selling and administrative	(128)		(127)		(104)
Research and development	349		42		1,044
Other (income)/expense, net	(74)		(60)		(67)

Selected Alliance Balance Sheet Information:	December 31,
Dollars in Millions	2020		2019
Receivables – from alliance partners	$	343	$	347
Accounts payable – to alliance partners	1,093		1,026
Deferred income from alliances(a)	366		431

(a)    Includes unamortized upfront and milestone payments.

Collaborative Arrangement [Member] | Pfizer [Member]

Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]

Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Table Text Block]

Summarized financial information related to this alliance was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
Dollars in Millions	2020		2019		2018
Revenues from Pfizer alliance:
Net product sales	$	8,942	$	7,711	$	6,329
Alliance revenues	226		218		109
Total Revenues	$	9,168	$	7,929	$	6,438
Payments to/(from) Pfizer:
Cost of products sold – Profit sharing	$	4,331	$	3,745	$	3,078
Other (income)/expense, net – Amortization of deferred income	(55)		(55)		(55)

Selected Alliance Balance Sheet Information:	December 31,
Dollars in Millions	2020		2019
Receivables	$	253	$	247
Accounts payable	1,024		922
Deferred income	300		355

Collaborative Arrangement [Member] | Ono [Member]

Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Line Items]

Collaborative Arrangement and Arrangement Other than Collaborative [Table Text Block]

Summarized financial information related to this alliance was as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
Dollars in Millions	2020		2019		2018
Revenues from Ono alliances:
Net product sales	$	194	$	194	$	165
Alliance revenues	382		305		294
Total Revenues	$	576	$	499	$	459