Asset related cost for non-cash accelerated prepaid royalty amortization expense

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Impairment of Intangible Assets Indefinite lived Excluding Goodwill After Tax

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Amount of impairment loss resulting from write-down of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16373-109275

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=123570139&loc=d3e3602-108585

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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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Restructuring and Asset Related Charges Asset Impairments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Other Asset Related [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Accelerated Prepaid Royalty Amortization Expense			$ 125	$ 159
IPR&D [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)	$ 90	$ 54			$ 144
Impairment of Intangible Assets Indefinite lived Excluding Goodwill After Tax	$ 69	$ 41			$ 110