R&D expense · 2011–2025

Boston Scientific R&D expense

$2.1B+27.1% · FY2025

Boston Scientific (BSX) reported $2.1B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +27.1% year on year.

$895M2011$886M2012$861M2013$817M2014$876M2015$920M2016$997M2017$1.1B2018$1.2B2019$1.1B2020$1.2B2021$1.3B2022$1.4B2023$1.6B2024$2.1B2025
Boston Scientific — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$2.1B+27.1%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$1.6B+14.2%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$1.4B+6.9%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$1.3B+9.9%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$1.2B+5.3%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$1.1B−2.6%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$1.2B+5.5%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$1.1B+11.6%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$997M+8.4%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$920M+5.0%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$876M+7.2%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$817M−5.1%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$861M−2.8%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$886M−1.0%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$895M—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 +6.1%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Boston Scientific R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/boston-scientific/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 · 0000885725-26-000010 · February 17, 2026

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