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Income Taxes (Details 2)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Reconciliation between the U.S. federal statutory tax rate and effective tax rate      
Statutory rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State taxes 1.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 3.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 0.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Taxes on foreign earnings (9.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (6.70%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (6.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
Credits and net operating loss utilization (1.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCredits (2.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCredits (3.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCredits
Purchased intangible assets 1.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseDepreciationAndAmortization 1.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseDepreciationAndAmortization 1.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseDepreciationAndAmortization
Manufacturing deduction (1.80%)biib_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationManufacturingDeduction (6.60%)biib_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationManufacturingDeduction (2.10%)biib_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationManufacturingDeduction
Permanent items 0.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseOther 0.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseOther (0.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseOther
Contingent consideration (0.40%)biib_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationContingentConsideration 0.00%biib_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationContingentConsideration 0.50%biib_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationContingentConsideration
Other 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (0.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effective tax rate 25.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 24.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 25.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations