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Acquisitions, Divestitures, Equity-Method Investments and Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale, Licensing Arrangements and Research and Development and Collaborative Arrangements (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Business Combinations, Discontinued Operations And Disposal Groups, Collaborative Arrangements And Equity Method Investments [Abstract]  
Summary of Assets and Liabilities Held For Sale
The amounts associated with the Consumer Healthcare business, as well as other assets classified as held for sale consisted of the following:
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
December 31,
2018

Assets Held for Sale
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
32

Trade accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts
 
532

Inventories
 
538

Other current assets
 
56

PP&E
 
675

Identifiable intangible assets, less accumulated amortization
 
5,763

Goodwill
 
1,972

Noncurrent deferred tax assets and other noncurrent tax assets
 
54

Other noncurrent assets
 
57

Total Consumer Healthcare assets held for sale
 
9,678

Other assets held for sale(a)
 
46

Assets held for sale
 
$
9,725

 
 
 
Liabilities Held for Sale
 
 
 
 
 
Trade accounts payable
 
$
406

Income taxes payable
 
39

Accrued compensation and related items
 
93

Other current liabilities
 
353

Pension benefit obligations, net
 
39

Postretirement benefit obligations, net
 
33

Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities
 
870

Other noncurrent liabilities
 
56

Total Consumer Healthcare liabilities held for sale
 
$
1,890

(a) 
Other assets held for sale consist of PP&E.
Summarized Financial Information of Equity Method Investments
Summarized financial information for our equity method investee, ViiV, as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for the years ending December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017 is as follows:
 
 
As of December 31,
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
2019

 
2018

Current assets
 
$
3,839

 
$
3,381

Noncurrent assets
 
3,437

 
3,664

Total assets
 
7,276

 
7,045

 
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities
 
2,904

 
2,725

Noncurrent liabilities
 
5,860

 
6,636

Total liabilities
 
8,765

 
9,361

 
 
 
 
 
Total net equity/(deficit) attributable to shareholders
 
$
(1,489
)
 
$
(2,316
)
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
2019

 
2018

 
2017

Net Sales
 
$
6,139

 
$
6,219

 
$
5,504

Cost of sales
 
(516
)
 
(462
)
 
(381
)
Gross profit
 
$
5,623

 
$
5,757

 
$
5,123

Income from continuing operations
 
3,398

 
2,154

 
1,867

Net income
 
3,398

 
2,154

 
1,867

Income attributable to shareholders
 
3,398

 
2,154

 
1,867


Summarized financial information for our equity method investee, GSK Consumer Healthcare, as of and for the two months ending September 30, 2019, the most recent period available, is as follows:
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
September 30,
2019

Current assets
 
$
7,505

Noncurrent assets
 
38,575

Total assets
 
$
46,081

 
 
 
Current liabilities
 
$
5,241

Noncurrent liabilities
 
5,536

Total liabilities
 
$
10,776

 
 
 
Equity attributable to shareholders
 
$
35,199

Equity attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
105

Total net equity
 
$
35,304

(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
For the Two Months Ending
September 30,
2019

Net Sales
 
$
2,161

Cost of sales
 
(803
)
Gross profit
 
$
1,358

Income from continuing operations
 
152

Net income
 
152

Income attributable to shareholders
 
148


Schedule of Collaborative Arrangements and Non-collaborative Arrangement Transactions
The following table provides the amounts and classification of payments (income/(expense)) between us and our collaboration partners:
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
(MILLIONS OF DOLLARS)
 
2019

 
2018

 
2017

Revenues—Revenues(a)
 
$
664

 
$
571

 
$
606

Revenues—Alliance revenues(b)
 
4,648

 
3,838

 
2,927

Total revenues from collaborative arrangements
 
$
5,313

 
$
4,409

 
$
3,533

Cost of sales(c)
 
$
(351
)
 
$
(296
)
 
$
(329
)
Selling, informational and administrative expenses(d)
 
(173
)
 
(90
)
 
(54
)
Research and development expenses(e)
 
99

 
162

 
222

Other income/(deductions)—net(f)
 
362

 
281

 
249

(a) 
Represents sales to our partners of products manufactured by us.
(b) 
Substantially all relates to amounts earned from our partners under co-promotion agreements. The increases in each of the periods presented reflect increases in alliance revenues from Eliquis and Xtandi.
(c) 
Primarily relates to amounts paid to collaboration partners for their share of net sales or profits earned in collaboration arrangements where we are the principal in the transaction, and cost of sales associated with inventory purchased from our partners.
(d) 
Represents net reimbursements to our partners for selling, informational and administrative expenses incurred.
(e) 
Primarily relates to upfront payments and pre-approval milestone payments earned by our partners as well as net reimbursements. The upfront and milestone payments were as follows: $50 million in 2018 and $15 million in 2017. There were no upfront and milestone payments in 2019. Our collaboration with Lilly (see below) also includes reimbursements of $67 million in 2019, $98 million in 2018 and $147 million in 2017.
(f) 
Primarily relates to royalties from our collaboration partners.