R&D expense · 2015–2025

Ascendis Pharma R&D expense

$343M+3.2% · FY2025

Ascendis Pharma (ASND) reported $343M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +3.2% year on year.

$45.0M2015$73.1M2016$113M2017$166M2018$215M2019$298M2020$350M2021$400M2022$447M2023$332M2024$343M2025
Ascendis Pharma — R&D expense, 2015–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$343M+3.2%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$332M−25.7%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$447M+11.8%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$400M+14.2%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$350M+17.4%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$298M+38.9%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$215M+29.5%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$166M+47.3%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$113M+53.9%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$73.1M+62.5%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$45.0M—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 +22.5%

Figures are reported under IFRS in EUR and converted to US dollars at ECB reference rates — fiscal 2025 average 0.885 EUR/$ for income items, year-end 0.851 EUR/$ for balance-sheet items.

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Ascendis Pharma R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/ascendis-pharma/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: 20-F · 0001193125-26-046590 · February 11, 2026

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