R&D expense · 2011–2025

Baxter International R&D expense

$518M−12.2% · FY2025

Baxter International (BAX) reported $518M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −12.2% year on year.

$946M2011$1.1B2012$582M2013$610M2014$587M2015$646M2016$615M2017$654M2018$595M2019$521M2020$531M2021$450M2022$518M2023$590M2024$518M2025
Baxter International — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$518M−12.2%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$590M+13.9%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$518M+15.1%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$450M−15.3%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$531M+1.9%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$521M−12.4%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$595M−9.0%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$654M+6.3%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$615M−4.8%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$646M+10.1%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$587M−3.8%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$610M+4.8%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$582M−46.2%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$1.1B+14.3%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$946M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth −4.2%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Baxter International R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/baxter-international/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001628280-26-007733 · February 12, 2026

{{cite web |title=Baxter International R&D expense — 10-K (0001628280-26-007733) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/10456/000162828026007733/bax-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-12}}

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