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Contingencies and Environmental Liabilities - Fosamax Product Liability Litigation - Textual (Detail) (Fosamax [Member], USD $)
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12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | ||||||||||
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Dec. 31, 2013
Plaintiff
LegalMatter
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Dec. 31, 2013
Cases Alleging ONJ [Member]
LegalMatter
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Dec. 31, 2013
Femur Fracture [Member]
LegalMatter
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Feb. 28, 2013
Federal [Member]
ONJ MDL [Member]
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Oct. 31, 2010
Federal [Member]
ONJ MDL [Member]
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Jun. 30, 2010
Federal [Member]
ONJ MDL [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2013
Federal [Member]
ONJ MDL [Member]
LegalMatter
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Dec. 31, 2013
Federal [Member]
Fosamax ONJ MDL [Member]
Plaintiff
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Dec. 31, 2013
Federal [Member]
Femur Fracture MDL [Member]
LegalMatter
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Dec. 31, 2013
New Jersey state court [Member]
Cases Alleging ONJ [Member]
LegalMatter
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Dec. 31, 2013
New Jersey state court [Member]
Femur Fracture [Member]
LegalMatter
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Dec. 31, 2013
California State Court [Member]
Femur Fracture [Member]
LegalMatter
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Dec. 31, 2013
Other State Court [Member]
Femur Fracture [Member]
LegalMatter
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Dec. 31, 2013
Cases Per Month Remanded [Member]
Federal [Member]
Fosamax ONJ MDL [Member]
LegalMatter
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| Loss Contingencies [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||
| Loss contingency, pending claims number | 5,415 | 1,140 | 4,275 | 855 | 1,105 | 280 | 2,655 | 510 | 7 | 200 | ||||
| Number of plaintiff groups | 5,680 | |||||||||||||
| Litigation settlement agreement amount | $ 27,700,000 | |||||||||||||
| Percentage of participation in litigation settlement condition | 100.00% | |||||||||||||
| Verdict amount | 285,000 | 8,000,000 | ||||||||||||
| Reduced verdict amount | $ 1,500,000 | |||||||||||||
| Cases tried to verdict | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Verdicts in favor of Merck under appeal by plaintiffs | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Loss contingency, claims dismissed number | 425 | |||||||||||||
| Initial number of cases selected for review | 40 | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Subsequent number of cases selected for review | 33 | 50 | ||||||||||||