Subsidiary Guarantors Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 2,176.1	$ 1,854.6
Other revenues	15.2	17.1
Total revenues	2,191.3	1,871.7
Cost of sales	1,284.3	1,041.6
Gross profit	907.0	830.1
Research and development	253.6	169.9
Selling, general and administrative	549.3	483.2
Litigation settlements, net	(1.5)	17.7
Total operating expenses	801.4	670.8
Earnings from operations	105.6	159.3
Interest expense	70.3	79.5
Other expense (income), net	16.3	18.5
Earnings before income taxes	19.0	61.3
Income tax (benefit) provision	5.1	4.7
Earnings (losses) of equity interest subsidiaries	0.0	0.0
Net earnings attributable to Mylan N.V. ordinary shareholders	13.9	56.6
Eliminations
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net sales	0.0	0.0
Other revenues	0.0	0.0
Total revenues	0.0	0.0
Cost of sales	0.0	0.0
Gross profit	0.0	0.0
Research and development	0.0	0.0
Selling, general and administrative	0.0	0.0
Litigation settlements, net	0.0	0.0
Total operating expenses	0.0	0.0
Earnings from operations	0.0	0.0
Interest expense	0.0	0.0
Other expense (income), net	0.0	0.0
Earnings before income taxes	0.0	0.0
Income tax (benefit) provision	0.0	0.0
Earnings (losses) of equity interest subsidiaries	(305.2)	(376.0)
Net earnings attributable to Mylan N.V. ordinary shareholders	(305.2)	(376.0)
Mylan N.V. (Parent Guarantor)
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net sales	0.0	0.0
Other revenues	0.0	0.0
Total revenues	0.0	0.0
Cost of sales	0.0	0.0
Gross profit	0.0	0.0
Research and development	0.0	0.0
Selling, general and administrative	13.2	0.0
Litigation settlements, net	0.0	0.0
Total operating expenses	13.2	0.0
Earnings from operations	(13.2)	0.0
Interest expense	13.3	0.0
Other expense (income), net	0.0	0.0
Earnings before income taxes	(26.5)	0.0
Income tax (benefit) provision	0.0	0.0
Earnings (losses) of equity interest subsidiaries	40.4	56.6
Net earnings attributable to Mylan N.V. ordinary shareholders	13.9	56.6
Mylan Inc. (Issuer)
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net sales	0.0	0.0
Other revenues	0.0	0.0
Total revenues	0.0	0.0
Cost of sales	0.0	0.0
Gross profit	0.0	0.0
Research and development	0.0	0.0
Selling, general and administrative	176.0	201.0
Litigation settlements, net	0.0	0.0
Total operating expenses	176.0	201.0
Earnings from operations	(176.0)	(201.0)
Interest expense	41.5	63.7
Other expense (income), net	0.0	0.0
Earnings before income taxes	(217.5)	(264.7)
Income tax (benefit) provision	9.0	2.3
Earnings (losses) of equity interest subsidiaries	264.8	319.4
Net earnings attributable to Mylan N.V. ordinary shareholders	38.3	52.4
Guarantor Subsidiaries
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net sales	0.0	0.0
Other revenues	0.0	0.0
Total revenues	0.0	0.0
Cost of sales	0.0	0.0
Gross profit	0.0	0.0
Research and development	0.0	0.0
Selling, general and administrative	0.0	0.0
Litigation settlements, net	0.0	0.0
Total operating expenses	0.0	0.0
Earnings from operations	0.0	0.0
Interest expense	0.0	0.0
Other expense (income), net	0.0	0.0
Earnings before income taxes	0.0	0.0
Income tax (benefit) provision	0.0	0.0
Earnings (losses) of equity interest subsidiaries	0.0	0.0
Net earnings attributable to Mylan N.V. ordinary shareholders	0.0	0.0
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net sales	2,176.1	1,854.6
Other revenues	15.2	17.1
Total revenues	2,191.3	1,871.7
Cost of sales	1,284.3	1,041.6
Gross profit	907.0	830.1
Research and development	253.6	169.9
Selling, general and administrative	360.1	282.2
Litigation settlements, net	(1.5)	17.7
Total operating expenses	612.2	469.8
Earnings from operations	294.8	360.3
Interest expense	15.5	15.8
Other expense (income), net	16.3	18.5
Earnings before income taxes	263.0	326.0
Income tax (benefit) provision	(3.9)	2.4
Earnings (losses) of equity interest subsidiaries	0.0	0.0
Net earnings attributable to Mylan N.V. ordinary shareholders	$ 266.9	$ 323.6