Novartis Ag (NVSEF) Research & Development (2009 - 2025)

Novartis Ag's (NVSEF) quarterly Research & Development came in at -$2.7 billion in Q2 2025, down 15.21% year-on-year from -$3.2 billion in Q2 2024, and up 43.05% quarter-over-quarter from -$4.8 billion in Q4 2024.

Novartis Ag (NVSEF) Research & Development (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Novartis Ag has disclosed Research & Development across 15 years of filings, most recently posting -$2.7 billion for Q2 2025.

  • Research & Development for Q2 2025 came in at -$2.7 billion, down 15.21% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2025 was -$14.8 billion (down 51.1% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $11.2 billion, up 11.75% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development came in at -$2.7 billion for Q2 2025 at Novartis Ag, up from -$4.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of -$194.0 million in Q3 2022 to a low of -$4.9 billion in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is -$1.3 billion (2021), against an average of -$1.7 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development climbed 13.39% in 2022 and slumped 2058.85% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Novartis Ag's Research & Development stood at -$240.0 million in 2021, then advanced by 5.83% to -$226.0 million in 2022, then plunged by 2058.85% to -$4.9 billion in 2023, then increased by 1.87% to -$4.8 billion in 2024, then soared by 43.05% to -$2.7 billion in 2025.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at -$2.7 billion (Q2 2025), -$4.8 billion (Q4 2024), and -$2.4 billion (Q2 2024), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Gsk 93,699,046.73 Bn 93,699,041.77 Bn 7.76 Bn -2.28 Bn
2 Eli Lilly 1,012.06 Bn 1,006.77 Bn 16.22 Bn 3.51 Bn
3 Johnson & Johnson 560.67 Bn 538.62 Bn 15.96 Bn 3.53 Bn
4 AbbVie 402.20 Bn 392.85 Bn 10.78 Bn 2.47 Bn
5 Merck 298.59 Bn 292.94 Bn 12.09 Bn 12.59 Bn
6 Amgen 188.77 Bn 176.74 Bn 5.87 Bn 1.72 Bn
7 Gilead Sciences 160.22 Bn 152.49 Bn 5.52 Bn 1.37 Bn
8 Pfizer 148.19 Bn 135.42 Bn -1.21 Bn 2.49 Bn
9 Bristol Myers Squibb 116.72 Bn 106.26 Bn 8.07 Bn 2.65 Bn
10 Novartis Ag - - - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2025 -2.73 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -4.79 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -2.37 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -4.88 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -2.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -219.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -226.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -194.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -2.50 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -208.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -240.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -224.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -2.40 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 -214.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -251.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 -216.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 -2.44 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 -194.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 -2.05 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 -194.00 Mn