Collaborative and Other Relationships - Co-promotion Profit Sharing Formula (Details) - RITUXAN	Dec. 31, 2024
Collaborative arrangements and non-collaborative arrangement transactions
After LUNSUMIO Approval until the First Threshold Date	37.50%
After First Threshold Date until the Second Threshold Date	35.00%
After Second Threshold Date	30.00%

Percentage Of Co Promotion Operating Profits Greater Than First Fifty Million Option Two Sub Option Four

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Percentage of co promotion operating profits greater than first fifty million option two sub option three.

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Percentage of co promotion operating profits greater than first fifty million option two sub option two.

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 808
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (d)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147479402/808-10-50-1

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