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Impairment Of Intangible Assets And Reversal Of Accumulated Amortization, Finite-Lived

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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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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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The amount of impairment loss recognized in the period resulting from the write-down of the carrying amount of an intangible asset (excluding goodwill) to fair value.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) product	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Amortization of intangibles	$ 15,316	$ 16,474	$ 46,291	$ 49,422
Accumulated amortization related to impaired intangibles	234,972		234,972		$ 195,334
Net impairment	7,599	$ 9,210	$ 10,657	$ 9,368
Hi-Tech and VersaPharm
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Number of marketed products \| product			2
IPR&D \| VersaPharm
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Net impairment			$ 3,200
IPR&D \| Research and Development Expense
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Net impairment			200
Product licensing rights
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Gross Impairment			14,557		52,637
Accumulated amortization related to impaired intangibles	222,221		222,221		$ 182,901
Net impairment			12,300
Product licensing rights \| Research and Development Expense \| Hi-Tech
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Net impairment			1,600
Impaired product licensing rights
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Accumulated amortization related to impaired intangibles	$ 2,300		$ 2,300