R&D expense · 2011–2025

Bristol Myers Squibb R&D expense

$10.0B−10.8% · FY2025

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) reported $10.0B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −10.8% year on year.

$3.8B2011$3.9B2012$3.7B2013$4.5B2014$5.9B2015$5.0B2016$6.5B2017$6.3B2018$6.1B2019$10.0B2020$10.2B2021$9.5B2022$9.3B2023$11.2B2024$10.0B2025
Bristol Myers Squibb — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$10.0B−10.8%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$11.2B+20.0%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$9.3B−2.2%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$9.5B−6.7%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$10.2B+1.5%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$10.0B+63.4%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$6.1B−2.9%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$6.3B−2.1%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$6.5B+29.1%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$5.0B−15.3%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$5.9B+30.6%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$4.5B+21.5%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$3.7B−4.4%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$3.9B+1.7%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$3.8B—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 +7.0%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Bristol Myers Squibb R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/bristol-myers-squibb/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 · 0000014272-26-000004 · February 11, 2026

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