R&D expense · 2011–2025

United Therapeutics R&D expense

$550M+14.3% · FY2025

United Therapeutics (UTHR) reported $550M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +14.3% year on year.

$180M2011$173M2012$299M2013$243M2014$245M2015$148M2016$265M2017$358M2018$1.2B2019$358M2020$540M2021$323M2022$408M2023$481M2024$550M2025
United Therapeutics — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$550M+14.3%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$481M+17.9%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$408M+26.4%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$323M−40.2%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$540M+51.0%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$358M−69.8%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$1.2B+230.4%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$358M+35.3%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$265M+79.3%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$148M−39.8%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$245M+1.1%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$243M−19.0%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$299M+72.6%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$173M−3.7%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$180M—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 +8.3%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{United Therapeutics R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/united-therapeutics/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 · 0001082554-26-000006 · February 25, 2026

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