Acquisitions and Strategic Investments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition [Table Text Block]

The purchase price was comprised of the following component:

(in millions)
Payment for acquisition, net of cash acquired	$	391

The components of the aggregate preliminary purchase prices are as follows:

(in millions)
Payments for acquisitions, net of cash acquired	$	419
Fair value of contingent consideration	140
Fair value of prior interests	81
	$	639

Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]

(in millions)
Goodwill	$	273
Amortizable intangible assets	418
Other assets acquired	53
Liabilities assumed	(5		)
Deferred tax liabilities	(99		)
	$	639

(in millions)
Goodwill	$	183
Amortizable intangible assets	278
Other assets acquired	25
Liabilities assumed	(95		)
	$	391

Rollforward of Fair Value of Contingent Consideration [Table Text Block]

Changes in the fair value of our contingent consideration liability were as follows:

(in millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2017	$	169
Amounts recorded related to new acquisitions	140
Purchase price adjustments related to prior acquisitions	(22		)
Contingent consideration expense (benefit)	1
Contingent consideration payments	(9		)
Balance as of June 30, 2018	$	279

Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired as Part of Business Combination [Table Text Block]

	Amount Assigned (in millions)		Amortization Period (in years)	Risk-Adjusted Discount Rates used in Purchase Price Allocation
Amortizable intangible assets:
Technology-related	$	410	10 - 13	17% - 23%
Other intangible assets	7		6 - 13	13% - 15%
	$	418

	Amount Assigned (in millions)		Amortization Period (in years)	Risk-Adjusted Discount Rates used in Purchase Price Allocation
Amortizable intangible assets:
Technology-related	$	268	13	24%
Other intangible assets	10		2-13	24%
	$	278

We allocated a portion of the preliminary purchase prices to specific intangible asset categories as follows:

	Amortization Period (in years)	Risk-Adjusted Discount Rates used in Purchase Price Allocation
Amortizable intangible assets:
Technology-related - minimum	10	17%
Technology-related - maximum	13	23%
Other intangible assets - minimum	6	13%
Other intangible assets - maximum	13	15%

We allocated a portion of the purchase price to specific intangible asset categories as follows:

	Amortization Period (in years)
Amortizable intangible assets:
Other intangible assets - minimum	2
Other intangible assets - maximum	13

Description of unobservable inputs used in Level 3 fair value measurements [Table Text Block]

The recurring Level 3 fair value measurements of our contingent consideration liability include the following significant unobservable inputs:

Contingent Consideration Liability	Fair Value as of June 30, 2018	Valuation Technique	Unobservable Input	Range
R&D and Commercialization-based Milestones	$159 million	Discounted Cash Flow	Discount Rate	3	%	-	4%
			Projected Year of Payment	2018		-	2022
Revenue-based Payments	$120 million	Discounted Cash Flow	Discount Rate	11	%	-	15%
			Projected Year of Payment	2018		-	2026