Subsidiary Guarantors Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 587.0	$ 225.5	$ 199.6	$ 291.3
Accounts receivable, net	2,917.1	2,268.5
Inventories	1,944.1	1,651.4
Intercompany receivables	0.0	0.0
Other current assets	1,037.7	2,641.5
Total current assets	6,485.9	6,786.9
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,884.7	1,785.7
Investments in subsidiaries	0.0	0.0
Intercompany notes and interest receivable	0.0	0.0
Intangible assets, net	6,888.2	2,347.1
Goodwill	5,125.3	4,049.3
Other assets	932.4	917.6
Total assets	21,316.5	15,886.6
Current liabilities:
Trade accounts payable	1,236.2	905.6
Short-term borrowings	0.8	330.7
Income taxes payable	100.2	160.7
Current portion of long-term debt and other long-term obligations	567.5	2,474.4
Intercompany payables	0.0	0.0
Other current liabilities	1,779.4	1,434.3
Total current liabilities	3,684.1	5,305.7
Long-term debt	5,845.8	5,732.8
Intercompany notes payable	0.0	0.0
Other long-term obligations	1,971.6	1,572.1
Total liabilities	11,501.5	12,610.6
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	9,815.0	3,276.0	3,406.3	2,959.9
Total liabilities and equity	21,316.5	15,886.6
Eliminations
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Accounts receivable, net	0.0	0.0
Inventories	0.0	0.0
Intercompany receivables	(9,638.4)	(7,973.6)
Other current assets	0.0	0.0
Total current assets	(9,638.4)	(7,973.6)
Property, plant and equipment, net	0.0	0.0
Investments in subsidiaries	(21,235.4)	(11,422.9)
Intercompany notes and interest receivable	(6,465.5)	(5,915.9)
Intangible assets, net	0.0	0.0
Goodwill	0.0	0.0
Other assets	0.0	0.0
Total assets	(37,339.3)	(25,312.4)
Current liabilities:
Trade accounts payable	0.0	0.0
Short-term borrowings	0.0	0.0
Income taxes payable	0.0	0.0
Current portion of long-term debt and other long-term obligations	0.0	0.0
Intercompany payables	(9,638.4)	(7,973.6)
Other current liabilities	0.0	0.0
Total current liabilities	(9,638.4)	(7,973.6)
Long-term debt	0.0	0.0
Intercompany notes payable	(6,465.5)	(5,915.9)
Other long-term obligations	0.0	0.0
Total liabilities	(16,103.9)	(13,889.5)
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	(21,235.4)	(11,422.9)
Total liabilities and equity	(37,339.3)	(25,312.4)
Mylan N.V. (Parent Guarantor)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	1.4	0.1
Accounts receivable, net	0.0
Inventories	0.0
Intercompany receivables	0.0
Other current assets	54.8
Total current assets	56.2
Property, plant and equipment, net	0.0
Investments in subsidiaries	9,760.1
Intercompany notes and interest receivable	0.0
Intangible assets, net	0.0
Goodwill	0.0
Other assets	0.0
Total assets	9,816.3
Current liabilities:
Trade accounts payable	0.0
Short-term borrowings	0.0
Income taxes payable	0.0
Current portion of long-term debt and other long-term obligations	0.0
Intercompany payables	0.0
Other current liabilities	1.3
Total current liabilities	1.3
Long-term debt	0.0
Intercompany notes payable	0.0
Other long-term obligations	0.0
Total liabilities	1.3
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	9,815.0
Total liabilities and equity	9,816.3
Mylan Inc. (Issuer)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	63.7	112.9	71.1	14.4
Accounts receivable, net	8.1	16.6
Inventories	0.0	0.0
Intercompany receivables	0.0	0.0
Other current assets	314.5	2,042.8
Total current assets	386.3	2,172.3
Property, plant and equipment, net	303.1	283.6
Investments in subsidiaries	11,475.3	11,422.9
Intercompany notes and interest receivable	6,447.0	5,897.7
Intangible assets, net	0.0	0.0
Goodwill	17.1	17.1
Other assets	178.3	120.6
Total assets	18,807.1	19,914.2
Current liabilities:
Trade accounts payable	62.4	31.4
Short-term borrowings	0.0	0.0
Income taxes payable	0.0	0.0
Current portion of long-term debt and other long-term obligations	500.2	2,406.1
Intercompany payables	9,638.4	7,973.6
Other current liabilities	351.5	352.9
Total current liabilities	10,552.5	10,764.0
Long-term debt	5,843.2	5,732.8
Intercompany notes payable	18.5	18.2
Other long-term obligations	132.1	123.2
Total liabilities	16,546.3	16,638.2
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	2,260.8	3,276.0
Total liabilities and equity	18,807.1	19,914.2
Guarantor Subsidiaries
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Accounts receivable, net	0.0	0.0
Inventories	0.0	0.0
Intercompany receivables	0.0	0.0
Other current assets	0.0	0.0
Total current assets	0.0	0.0
Property, plant and equipment, net	0.0	0.0
Investments in subsidiaries	0.0	0.0
Intercompany notes and interest receivable	0.0	0.0
Intangible assets, net	0.0	0.0
Goodwill	0.0	0.0
Other assets	0.0	0.0
Total assets	0.0	0.0
Current liabilities:
Trade accounts payable	0.0	0.0
Short-term borrowings	0.0	0.0
Income taxes payable	0.0	0.0
Current portion of long-term debt and other long-term obligations	0.0	0.0
Intercompany payables	0.0	0.0
Other current liabilities	0.0	0.0
Total current liabilities	0.0	0.0
Long-term debt	0.0	0.0
Intercompany notes payable	0.0	0.0
Other long-term obligations	0.0	0.0
Total liabilities	0.0	0.0
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	0.0	0.0
Total liabilities and equity	0.0	0.0
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	521.9	112.5	$ 128.5	$ 276.9
Accounts receivable, net	2,909.0	2,251.9
Inventories	1,944.1	1,651.4
Intercompany receivables	9,638.4	7,973.6
Other current assets	668.4	598.7
Total current assets	15,681.8	12,588.2
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,581.6	1,502.1
Investments in subsidiaries	0.0	0.0
Intercompany notes and interest receivable	18.5	18.2
Intangible assets, net	6,888.2	2,347.1
Goodwill	5,108.2	4,032.2
Other assets	754.1	797.0
Total assets	30,032.4	21,284.8
Current liabilities:
Trade accounts payable	1,173.8	874.2
Short-term borrowings	0.8	330.7
Income taxes payable	100.2	160.7
Current portion of long-term debt and other long-term obligations	67.3	68.3
Intercompany payables	0.0	0.0
Other current liabilities	1,426.6	1,081.4
Total current liabilities	2,768.7	2,515.3
Long-term debt	2.6	0.0
Intercompany notes payable	6,447.0	5,897.7
Other long-term obligations	1,839.5	1,448.9
Total liabilities	11,057.8	9,861.9
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	18,974.6	11,422.9
Total liabilities and equity	$ 30,032.4	21,284.8
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries | Inclusive of Mylan N.V.
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 112.6