biotech

noun

bio·​tech ˈbī-ō-ˌtek 

plural biotechs

1

: biotechnology sense 1

2

: a company that utilizes biotechnology (as in the development of drugs or diagnostics for medicine)

At present, there is no common technology platform for obtaining or sharing genomics information, so biotechs are scrambling to develop their own systems for sifting through the data.

—Arlene Weintraub

Examples of biotech in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It’s already being used by The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Northeastern University, Austin Community College, and biotech company Moderna. —Time Staff, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024

Your health and your money Several big name pharma and biotech companies report on Wednesday. —Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2024

That technology was developed by American biotech startups—and has applications well beyond the pandemic. —Andrei Iancu, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024

The potential uses of extremophile microbes in biotech extend beyond carbon capture, according to Tierney. —Issy Ronald, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

biotech

noun

bio·​tech ˈbī-ō-ˌtek 

1

: biotechnology sense 1

2

: a company that utilizes biotechnology (as in the development of drugs or diagnostics for medicine)