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Commitments and Contingences (Details) (Fumapharm AG, USD $)
12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2006
Mar. 31, 2015
Jun. 30, 2013
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]      
Cash portion of consideration $ 220,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross    
TECFIDERA
     
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]      
Maximum contingent consideration in the form of development and approval milestones     15,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsRangeOfOutcomesValueHigh
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= biib_FumapharmAgMember
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= biib_TecfideraMember
Four billion      
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]      
Cash portion of consideration   250,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= biib_FumapharmAgMember
/ biib_CumulativeSalesLevelAxis
= biib_FourbillionMember
 
Cumulative sales level   4,000,000,000biib_CumulativeSalesLevel
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= biib_FumapharmAgMember
/ biib_CumulativeSalesLevelAxis
= biib_FourbillionMember
 
Each additional one billion up to twenty billion      
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]      
Cumulative sales level   20,000,000,000biib_CumulativeSalesLevel
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= biib_FumapharmAgMember
/ biib_CumulativeSalesLevelAxis
= biib_EachAdditionalOneBillionUpToTwentyBillionMember
 
Payment of contingent payment for acquisition   300,000,000biib_MilestonePaymentDueOnPrior12MonthSales
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= biib_FumapharmAgMember
/ biib_CumulativeSalesLevelAxis
= biib_EachAdditionalOneBillionUpToTwentyBillionMember
 
One billion      
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]      
Cumulative sales level   1,000,000,000biib_CumulativeSalesLevel
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= biib_FumapharmAgMember
/ biib_CumulativeSalesLevelAxis
= biib_OneBillionMember
 
Three billion      
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]      
Cumulative sales level   $ 3,000,000,000biib_CumulativeSalesLevel
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= biib_FumapharmAgMember
/ biib_CumulativeSalesLevelAxis
= biib_ThreeBillionMember