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Other (Income) Expense, Net
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]  
Other (Income) Expense, Net Other (Income) Expense, Net
Other (income) expense, net, consisted of:
Years Ended December 31202520242023
Interest income$(343)$(415)$(365)
Interest expense1,357 1,271 1,146 
Exchange losses323 227 370 
Income from investments in equity securities, net (1)
(368)(14)(340)
Net periodic defined benefit plan (credit) cost other than service cost(615)(633)(498)
Other, net(203)(460)153 
 $151 $(24)$466 
(1)    Includes net realized and unrealized gains and losses from investments in equity securities either owned directly or through ownership interests in investment funds. Unrealized gains and losses from investments that are owned directly are determined at the end of the reporting period, while gains and losses from ownership interests in investment funds are accounted for on a one quarter lag.
Other, net (as reflected in the table above) in 2024 includes $170 million of income related to the expansion of a collaboration agreement with Daiichi Sankyo (see Note 4). Other, net, in 2023 includes a $572.5 million charge related to settlements with certain plaintiffs in the Zetia antitrust litigation (see Note 10).
Interest paid was $1.3 billion in 2025, $1.3 billion in 2024 and $1.1 billion in 2023.