Disposal Group, Annual Lump Sum Payment Due In Years Two And Three

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Base Purchase Price

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Accrued Third-Party Consent Fee

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Carrying Value, Intangible Derecognized

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Consideration Received

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Inventory Adjustment

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Inventory Transfer

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Royalties Received

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Upfront Consideration Received

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Disposal Group, Lump Sum Payment Obligation, Number Of Payments

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Amount before tax of gain (loss) recognized on the sale or disposal of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109226348&loc=d3e2443-110228

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121586364&loc=d3e3602-108585

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109226691&loc=d3e2941-110230

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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DISPOSITIONS - Sale of NUCYNTA (Details) - NUCYNTA - Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 13, 2020 USD ($) payment	Feb. 11, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration received	$ 367.9
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses, base purchase price	375.0
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses, inventory amount	$ 6.0
Royalties received		$ 13.1
Number of lump sum payments \| payment	2
Gain (loss) on disposal				$ (15.8)
Carrying value of intangible derecognized				369.1
Inventory transfer				9.0
Accrued third-party consent fees				$ 9.0
Net proceeds received			$ 1.0
Third-Party Consent Agreement
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Lump sum payments obligation	$ 4.5