Commitments and Contingencies (Details 3)					1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Jul. 30, 2015 lawsuit	Apr. 11, 2014 lawsuit	Oct. 02, 2013 lawsuit	Jun. 07, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2014 shareholder	Feb. 28, 2014 lawsuit	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Manufacturing Facility Repayment Obligation [Line Items]
Number of claims filed | lawsuit	4	4	1
Number of claims dismissed | lawsuit		2
Final decision of patent dispute, in years (no later than)								1 year
Civil qui tam actions | lawsuit							3
Number of shareholders who demanded corporate action | shareholder						2
Limit on equity grants to non-employee directors, period (at least)					4 years
Switzerland
Manufacturing Facility Repayment Obligation [Line Items]
Contractual obligation | $					$ 4,000,000			$ 4,000,000
Revlimid Royalty
Manufacturing Facility Repayment Obligation [Line Items]
Royalty rate (as a percent)				0.01
Pomalyst Royalty
Manufacturing Facility Repayment Obligation [Line Items]
Royalty rate (as a percent)				0.025
Children's Medical Center Corporation
Manufacturing Facility Repayment Obligation [Line Items]
Range of possible loss minimum | $					0			0
Range of possible loss maximum | $					$ 141,300,000			$ 141,300,000