R&D expense · 2012–2025

Akebia Therapeutics R&D expense

$62.4M+65.6% · FY2025

Akebia Therapeutics (AKBA) reported $62.4M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +65.6% year on year.

$5.6M2012$8.9M2013$23.3M2014$43.0M2015$116M2016$231M2017$291M2018$323M2019$218M2020$148M2021$130M2022$63.1M2023$37.7M2024$62.4M2025
Akebia Therapeutics — R&D expense, 2012–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$62.4M+65.6%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$37.7M−40.3%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$63.1M−51.5%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$130M−12.1%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$148M−32.3%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$218M−32.4%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$323M+11.0%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$291M+26.0%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$231M+99.4%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$116M+169.2%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$43.0M+84.9%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$23.3M+161.3%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$8.9M+58.1%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$5.6M—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 · 2012–2025 compound annual growth +20.3%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Akebia Therapeutics 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 · 0001517022-26-000020 · February 26, 2026

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