POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Christina Ackermann. Kelly Webber, D. Alexander Matheson, and
Kirsten O'Donnell, or any of them signing singly, and with full power
of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:


(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation
of the SEC;


(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as a director and/or officer of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Exchange Act and the rules thereunder;


(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and


(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.


The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with  Section 16 of the Exchange Act.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.





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  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 26 of October, 2017.


/s/ John A. Paulson
Signature

John A. Paulson
Name