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Share-Based Payments (Details 8) (Time-vested restricted stock units, USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Time-vested restricted stock units
     
Time-vested restricted stock units      
Beginning Balance, Unvested, Shares 1,660,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= biib_TimeVestedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
   
Beginning Balance, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value $ 135.95us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= biib_TimeVestedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
   
Shares, Granted 464,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= biib_TimeVestedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
[1]    
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Granted $ 321.72us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= biib_TimeVestedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
[1] $ 176.53us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= biib_TimeVestedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
$ 124.54us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= biib_TimeVestedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
Shares, Vested (885,000)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= biib_TimeVestedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
   
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Vested $ 117.74us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= biib_TimeVestedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
   
Shares, Forfeited (102,000)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= biib_TimeVestedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
   
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Forfeited $ 193.24us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= biib_TimeVestedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
   
Ending Balance, Unvested, Shares 1,137,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= biib_TimeVestedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
1,660,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= biib_TimeVestedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
 
Ending Balance, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value $ 221.01us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= biib_TimeVestedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
$ 135.95us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= biib_TimeVestedRestrictedStockUnitsMember
 
[1] RSUs granted in 2014 primarily represent RSUs granted in conjunction with our annual awards made in February 2014 and awards made in conjunction with the hiring of new employees. RSUs granted in 2014 also include approximately 9,000 RSUs granted to our Board of Directors.