The statistic includes pure-play or predominantly biotech companies. All values are rounded. The statistic was assembled from the annual/financial reports of the regarding companies. * Total R&D; including non-biotech related R&D.
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Top global biotech companies — R&D expenditure 2024
This statistic depicts R&D expenditures of global leading companies in biotechnology in 2024. In that year, Swiss biopharmaceutical manufacturer Roche spent around **** billion U.S. dollars on research and development.
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Pharmaceutical Executive. (June 20, 2025). Select leading global biotechnology companies' R&D expenditure in 2024 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 25, 2026, from /statistics/262701/top-biotech-companies-based-on-revenue/
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