Subsidiary Guarantors Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 6,361.9	$ 1,236.0	$ 439.7	$ 225.5
Accounts receivable, net	2,917.4	2,689.1
Inventories	2,191.3	1,951.0
Intercompany receivables	0.0	0.0
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	716.1	596.6
Total current assets	12,186.7	6,472.7
Property, plant and equipment, net	2,057.6	1,983.9
Investments in subsidiaries	0.0	0.0
Intercompany notes and interest receivable	0.0	0.0
Intangible assets, net	7,716.5	7,221.9
Goodwill	5,830.2	5,380.1
Other assets	1,045.3	1,209.1
Total assets	28,836.3	22,267.7
Current liabilities:
Trade accounts payable	1,017.6	1,109.6
Short-term borrowings	55.9	1.3
Income taxes payable	121.4	92.4
Current portion of long-term debt and other long-term obligations	654.7	1,077.0
Intercompany payables	0.0	0.0
Other current liabilities	1,925.0	1,841.9
Total current liabilities	3,774.6	4,122.2
Long-term debt	12,772.8	6,295.6
Intercompany notes payable	0.0	0.0
Other long-term obligations	1,957.6	2,084.1
Total liabilities	18,505.0	12,501.9
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	10,331.3	9,765.8	9,569.3	3,276.0
Total liabilities and equity	28,836.3	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	(11,456.3)	(10,317.1)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	0.0	0.0
Total current assets	(11,456.3)	(10,317.1)
Property, plant and equipment, net	0.0	0.0
Investments in subsidiaries	(32,219.8)	(17,955.4)
Intercompany notes and interest receivable	(9,731.9)	(9,723.1)
Intangible assets, net	0.0	0.0
Goodwill	0.0	0.0
Other assets	0.0	0.0
Total assets	(53,408.0)	(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	(11,456.3)	(10,317.1)
Other current liabilities	0.0	0.0
Total current liabilities	(11,456.3)	(10,317.1)
Long-term debt	0.0	0.0
Intercompany notes payable	(9,731.9)	(9,723.1)
Other long-term obligations	0.0	0.0
Total liabilities	(21,188.2)	(20,040.2)
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	(32,219.8)	(17,955.4)
Total liabilities and equity	(53,408.0)	(37,995.6)
Mylan N.V. (Parent Guarantor)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1
Accounts receivable, net	0.0	0.0
Inventories	0.0	0.0
Intercompany receivables	1,775.5	1,097.5
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	4.0	0.3
Total current assets	1,779.5	1,097.8
Property, plant and equipment, net	0.0	0.0
Investments in subsidiaries	16,433.0	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	18,212.5	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	0.0
Intercompany payables	350.0	283.2
Other current liabilities	103.3	2.0
Total current liabilities	453.3	285.2
Long-term debt	7,427.9	994.5
Intercompany notes payable	0.0	0.0
Other long-term obligations	0.0	0.0
Total liabilities	7,881.2	1,279.7
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	10,331.3	9,765.8
Total liabilities and equity	18,212.5	11,045.5
Mylan Inc. (Issuer)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	27.7	870.5	186.4	112.9
Accounts receivable, net	11.1	14.4
Inventories	0.0	0.0
Intercompany receivables	350.0	283.2
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	240.7	244.8
Total current assets	629.5	1,412.9
Property, plant and equipment, net	325.4	324.4
Investments in subsidiaries	15,786.8	8,007.7
Intercompany notes and interest receivable	9,713.4	9,704.4
Intangible assets, net	0.5	0.5
Goodwill	17.1	17.1
Other assets	92.4	135.3
Total assets	26,565.1	19,602.3
Current liabilities:
Trade accounts payable	54.5	33.5
Short-term borrowings	0.0	0.0
Income taxes payable	14.4	0.0
Current portion of long-term debt and other long-term obligations	587.1	1,010.1
Intercompany payables	11,106.3	10,033.9
Other current liabilities	290.0	320.1
Total current liabilities	12,052.3	11,397.6
Long-term debt	5,342.3	5,298.4
Intercompany notes payable	18.5	18.7
Other long-term obligations	52.0	122.2
Total liabilities	17,465.1	16,836.9
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	9,100.0	2,765.4
Total liabilities and equity	26,565.1	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	6,334.2	365.5	$ 253.2	$ 112.5
Accounts receivable, net	2,906.3	2,674.7
Inventories	2,191.3	1,951.0
Intercompany receivables	9,330.8	8,936.4
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	471.4	351.5
Total current assets	21,234.0	14,279.1
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,732.2	1,659.5
Investments in subsidiaries	0.0	0.0
Intercompany notes and interest receivable	18.5	18.7
Intangible assets, net	7,716.0	7,221.4
Goodwill	5,813.1	5,363.0
Other assets	952.9	1,073.8
Total assets	37,466.7	29,615.5
Current liabilities:
Trade accounts payable	963.1	1,076.1
Short-term borrowings	55.9	1.3
Income taxes payable	107.0	92.4
Current portion of long-term debt and other long-term obligations	67.6	66.9
Intercompany payables	0.0	0.0
Other current liabilities	1,531.7	1,519.8
Total current liabilities	2,725.3	2,756.5
Long-term debt	2.6	2.7
Intercompany notes payable	9,713.4	9,704.4
Other long-term obligations	1,905.6	1,961.9
Total liabilities	14,346.9	14,425.5
Equity [Abstract]
Total equity	23,119.8	15,190.0
Total liabilities and equity	$ 37,466.7	$ 29,615.5