Segments of business and geographic areas - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions |
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Jun. 28, 2026
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Jun. 29, 2025
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Jun. 28, 2026
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Jun. 29, 2025
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Oct. 14, 2025 |
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| Number of operating segments | segment | 2 | ||||
| Number of reportable segments | segment | 2 | ||||
| Sales to customers (Note 9) | $ | $ 25,310 | $ 23,743 | $ 49,372 | $ 45,636 | |
| Innovative Medicine | |||||
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| Sales to customers (Note 9) | $ | $ 16,384 | $ 15,202 | $ 31,810 | $ 29,075 | |
| Innovative Medicine | Change in Accounting Method Accounted for as Change in Estimate | |||||
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| Adjustments To Revenue Recognized, Percent | 3.00% | 2.60% | 3.80% | 3.50% | |
| Minimum | Orthopaedics Business | |||||
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| Disposal group, estimated term to complete | 18 months | ||||
| Maximum | Orthopaedics Business | |||||
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| Disposal group, estimated term to complete | 24 months | ||||
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- Definition Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Estimated Term To Complete No definition available.
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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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