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Component: (Network and Table)
Network
2454409 - Disclosure - Employee Benefit Plans (Schedule of Estimated Future Benefit Payments) (Details)
(http://www.alxn.com/role/EmployeeBenefitPlansScheduleOfEstimatedFutureBenefitPaymentsDetails)
Table(Implied)
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0000899866 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-12-31
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
 
2017
2,000,000  
2018
1,000,000  
2019
1,000,000  
2020
1,000,000  
2021
1,000,000  
2022 to 2026
5,000,000