biotech
noun
bio·tech
ˈbī-ō-ˌtek 
plural biotechs
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.—
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
Lisa Jarvis is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering biotech, health care and the pharmaceutical industry.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
Its AlphaFold protein prediction project upended the field of biotech.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Lisa Jarvis is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering biotech, health care and the pharmaceutical industry.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Biotech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biotech. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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biotech
noun
bio·tech
ˈbī-ō-ˌtek
2
: a company that utilizes biotechnology (as in the development of drugs or diagnostics for medicine)
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