Biogen (NAS:BIIB) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

: $2,404 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2022)

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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Biogen's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2022 was $633 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2022 was $2,404 Mil.

Biogen Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

The historical data trend for Biogen's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Biogen Annual Data

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Dec22

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense

2,106.30

2,374.70

2,504.50

2,674.30

2,403.60

Biogen Quarterly Data
	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense																787.90	634.90	572.60	563.30	632.80

Competitive Comparison

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Biogen's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:

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Biogen Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Distribution

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Biogen's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Biogen's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Selling, General, & Admin. Expense's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

Biogen Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Calculation

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. For instance, personnel cost, advertising, rent, communication costs are all part of SGA.

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2,404 Mil.

Biogen (NAS:BIIB) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Explanation

An efficient operation keeps SGA costs low and thus has higher profit margin. The percentage of SGA relative to total revenue is an indication of how efficiently the company operates. Compare this percentage among the companies in the same industry is a good way of finding more efficient operations. A comparison of the SGA cost relative to the revenue with the historical value can also be an indication of how efficient the company has become.

Warren Buffett likes companies with consistent SGA as the percentage of gross profit.

Companies with no durable competitive advantage show wild variation in SG&A as % of Gross Profit.

If SGA is less than 30% of Gross Profit, it is fantastic. If SGA is nearing 100%, it is is in highly competitive industry.

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Biogen (NAS:BIIB) Business Description

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Address

225 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA, USA, 02142

Website

http://www.biogen.com

Biogen and Idec merged in 2003, combining forces to market Biogen's multiple sclerosis drug Avonex and Idec's cancer drug Rituxan. Today, Rituxan and next-generation antibody Gazyva are marketed via a collaboration with Roche. Biogen also markets novel MS drugs Plegridy, Tysabri, Tecfidera, and Vumerity. In Japan, Biogen's MS portfolio is co-promoted by Eisai. Hemophilia therapies Eloctate and Alprolix (partnered with SOBI) were spun off as part of Bioverativ in 2017. Biogen has several drug candidates in phase 3 trials in neurology and neurodegenerative diseases and has launched Spinraza with partner Ionis. Aduhelm was approved as the firm's first Alzheimer's disease therapy in June 2021, followed by Leqembi in January 2023.

Executives

Christopher Viehbacher	director, officer: President and CEO	C/O AXCELLA HEALTH, INC., 840 MEMORIAL DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Nicole Murphy	officer: Head of Pharm Ops and Tech	BIOGEN INC., 225 BINNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Rachid Izzar	officer: Head of Alzheimer's Disease	BIOGEN INC., 225 BINNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Jones William D /ca/	director
Maria C Freire	director	C/O ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC, 26 NORTH EUCLID AVENUE, PASADENA CA 91101
Michael R Mcdonnell	officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer	C/O IQVIA HOLDINGS INC., 83 WOOSTER HEIGHTS ROAD, DANBURY CT 06810
Alphonse Galdes	officer: EVP Pharmaceutical Oper & Tech	BIOGEN INC., 225 BINNEY ST., CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
William A Hawkins	director	MEDTRONIC INC, 710 MEDTRONIC PKWY, MS LC310, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55432-5604
Jesus B Mantas	director	BIOGEN INC., 225 BINNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Robin Kramer	officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer	999 VANDERBILT BEACH ROAD, 3RD FLOOR, NAPLES FL 34109
Daniel Karp	officer: EVP, Corporate Development	225 BINNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Jeffrey D Capello	officer: EVP & Chief Financial Officer	C/O NEOGEN CORP., 620 LESHER PLACE, LANSING MI 48912
Chirfi Guindo	officer: EVP Glob. Mkt Acc & Cust Innov	C/O BIOGEN INC., 225 BINNEY ST., CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Ginger Gregory	officer: EVP, Human Resources	C/O BIOGEN INC., 225 BINNEY ST., CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Jean-paul Kress	officer: EVP Pres Int'l & Global Hd GTO	215 FIRST STREET, SUITE 415, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142