R&D expense · 2015–2025

Zai Lab R&D expense

$221M−5.8% · FY2025

Zai Lab (ZLAB) reported $221M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −5.8% year on year.

$13.6M2015$32.1M2016$39.3M2017$120M2018$142M2019$223M2020$573M2021$286M2022$266M2023$235M2024$221M2025
Zai Lab — R&D expense, 2015–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$221M−5.8%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$235M−11.8%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$266M−7.2%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$286M−50.0%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$573M+157.4%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$223M+56.6%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$142M+18.2%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$120M+205.7%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$39.3M+22.4%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$32.1M+136.6%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$13.6M—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 · 2015–2025 compound annual growth +32.2%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Zai Lab R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
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  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 · 0001704292-26-000015 · February 26, 2026

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