Subsidiary Guarantors Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 1,199.4	$ 1,236.0	$ 277.2	$ 225.5
Accounts receivable, net	2,587.4	2,689.1
Inventories	2,144.1	1,951.0
Intercompany receivables	0.0	0.0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	696.7	596.6
Total current assets	6,627.6	6,472.7
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,998.8	1,983.9
Investments in subsidiaries	0.0	0.0
Intercompany notes and interest receivable	0.0	0.0
Intangible assets, net	7,278.4	7,221.9
Goodwill	5,566.9	5,380.1
Other assets	1,172.4	1,209.1
Total assets	22,644.1	22,267.7
Current liabilities:
Trade accounts payable	1,076.2	1,109.6
Short-term borrowings	66.4	1.3
Income taxes payable	43.4	92.4
Current portion of long-term debt and other long-term obligations	1,082.5	1,077.0
Intercompany payables	0.0	0.0
Other current liabilities	1,690.9	1,841.9
Total current liabilities	3,959.4	4,122.2
Long-term debt	6,325.7	6,295.6
Intercompany notes payable	0.0	0.0
Other long-term obligations	2,084.1	2,084.1
Total liabilities	12,369.2	12,501.9
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	10,274.9	9,765.8	9,093.2	3,276.0
Total liabilities and equity	22,644.1	22,267.7
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	(10,579.0)	(10,317.1)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0.0	0.0
Total current assets	(10,579.0)	(10,317.1)
Property, plant and equipment, net	0.0	0.0
Investments in subsidiaries	(19,029.7)	(17,955.4)
Intercompany notes and interest receivable	(9,685.6)	(9,723.1)
Intangible assets, net	0.0	0.0
Goodwill	0.0	0.0
Other assets	0.0	0.0
Total assets	(39,294.3)	(37,995.6)
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	(10,579.0)	(10,317.1)
Other current liabilities	0.0	0.0
Total current liabilities	(10,579.0)	(10,317.1)
Long-term debt	0.0	0.0
Intercompany notes payable	(9,685.6)	(9,723.1)
Other long-term obligations	0.0	0.0
Total liabilities	(20,264.6)	(20,040.2)
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	(19,029.7)	(17,955.4)
Total liabilities and equity	(39,294.3)	(37,995.6)
Mylan N.V. (Parent Guarantor)
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	1,093.3	1,097.5
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	23.2	0.3
Total current assets	1,116.5	1,097.8
Property, plant and equipment, net	0.0	0.0
Investments in subsidiaries	10,460.1	9,947.7
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	11,576.6	11,045.5
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
Intercompany payables	$ 297.5	283.2
Other current liabilities	11.1	2.0
Total current liabilities	308.6	285.2
Long-term debt	993.1	994.5
Intercompany notes payable	0.0	0.0
Other long-term obligations	0.0	0.0
Total liabilities	1,301.7	1,279.7
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	10,274.9	9,765.8
Total liabilities and equity	11,576.6	11,045.5
Mylan Inc. (Issuer)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	908.4	870.5	60.5	112.9
Accounts receivable, net	6.7	14.4
Inventories	0.0	0.0
Intercompany receivables	297.5	283.2
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	151.6	244.8
Total current assets	1,364.2	1,412.9
Property, plant and equipment, net	321.4	324.4
Investments in subsidiaries	8,569.6	8,007.7
Intercompany notes and interest receivable	9,667.2	9,704.4
Intangible assets, net	0.5	0.5
Goodwill	17.1	17.1
Other assets	78.1	135.3
Total assets	20,018.1	19,602.3
Current liabilities:
Trade accounts payable	28.3	33.5
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	1,014.5	1,010.1
Intercompany payables	10,281.5	10,033.9
Other current liabilities	254.0	320.1
Total current liabilities	11,578.3	11,397.6
Long-term debt	5,330.0	5,298.4
Intercompany notes payable	18.4	18.7
Other long-term obligations	120.9	122.2
Total liabilities	17,047.6	16,836.9
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	2,970.5	2,765.4
Total liabilities and equity	20,018.1	19,602.3
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
Prepaid expenses and 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	291.0	365.5	$ 216.7	$ 112.6
Accounts receivable, net	2,580.7	2,674.7
Inventories	2,144.1	1,951.0
Intercompany receivables	9,188.2	8,936.4
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	521.9	351.5
Total current assets	14,725.9	14,279.1
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,677.4	1,659.5
Investments in subsidiaries	0.0	0.0
Intercompany notes and interest receivable	18.4	18.7
Intangible assets, net	7,277.9	7,221.4
Goodwill	5,549.8	5,363.0
Other assets	1,094.3	1,073.8
Total assets	30,343.7	29,615.5
Current liabilities:
Trade accounts payable	1,047.9	1,076.1
Short-term borrowings	66.4	1.3
Income taxes payable	43.4	92.4
Current portion of long-term debt and other long-term obligations	68.0	66.9
Intercompany payables	0.0	0.0
Other current liabilities	1,425.8	1,519.8
Total current liabilities	2,651.5	2,756.5
Long-term debt	2.6	2.7
Intercompany notes payable	9,667.2	9,704.4
Other long-term obligations	1,963.2	1,961.9
Total liabilities	14,284.5	14,425.5
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	16,059.2	15,190.0
Total liabilities and equity	$ 30,343.7	$ 29,615.5