Segment Information (Policies)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Segment Reporting Policy	The Company has two segments, “Generics” and “Specialty.” The Generics segment primarily develops, manufactures, sells and distributes generic or branded generic pharmaceutical products in tablet, capsule, injectable, transdermal patch, gel, cream or ointment form, as well as active pharmaceutical ingredients (“API”). The Specialty segment engages mainly in the development and sale of branded specialty nebulized and injectable products. Meda operations have been included in the Generics segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is the Chief Executive Officer, who evaluates the performance of the Company’s segments based on total revenues and segment profitability. Segment profitability represents segment gross profit less direct R&D expenses and direct SG&A. Certain general and administrative and R&D expenses not allocated to the segments, net charges for litigation settlements, impairment charges and other expenses not directly attributable to the segments, are reported in Corporate/Other. Additionally, amortization of intangible assets and other purchase accounting related items, as well as any other significant special items, are included in Corporate/Other. Items below the earnings from operations line on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations are not presented by segment, since they are excluded from the measure of segment profitability. The Company does not report depreciation expense, total assets and capital expenditures by segment, as such information is not used by the chief operating decision maker. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” included in Mylan N.V.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as amended. Intersegment revenues are accounted for at current market values and are eliminated at the consolidated level.

The Company has two segments, “Generics” and “Specialty.” The Generics segment primarily develops, manufactures, sells and distributes generic or branded generic pharmaceutical products in tablet, capsule, injectable, transdermal patch, gel, cream or ointment form, as well as active pharmaceutical ingredients (“API”). The Specialty segment engages mainly in the development and sale of branded specialty nebulized and injectable products. Meda operations have been included in the Generics segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016.

The Company’s chief operating decision maker is the Chief Executive Officer, who evaluates the performance of the Company’s segments based on total revenues and segment profitability. Segment profitability represents segment gross profit less direct R&D expenses and direct SG&A. Certain general and administrative and R&D expenses not allocated to the segments, net charges for litigation settlements, impairment charges and other expenses not directly attributable to the segments, are reported in Corporate/Other. Additionally, amortization of intangible assets and other purchase accounting related items, as well as any other significant special items, are included in Corporate/Other. Items below the earnings from operations line on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations are not presented by segment, since they are excluded from the measure of segment profitability. The Company does not report depreciation expense, total assets and capital expenditures by segment, as such information is not used by the chief operating decision maker.

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” included in Mylan N.V.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as amended. Intersegment revenues are accounted for at current market values and are eliminated at the consolidated level.