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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Formed in 2019, Breakthrough Properties is a joint venture between real estate developer Tishman Speyer and biotech investor Bellco Capital.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Gibson’s house of cards came crashing down in 2015, the same year journalist John Carreyrou began publishing his investigations into Theranos — the biotech company whose founder, Elizabeth Holmes, is now synonymous with bluffing one’s way to the top.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
City leaders are also creating the physical infrastructure to support the revolution, from Civic Hall, an 85,000-square-foot tech training and event space in Union Square, to SPARC, a new, two-million-square-foot academic, health care, and biotech campus on the East Side of Manhattan.
—Andrew Kimball, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
Goldman Sachs has turned more cautious on Moderna as the biotech struggles against strong competition from other vaccine makers.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Gibson’s house of cards came crashing down in 2015, the same year journalist John Carreyrou began publishing his investigations into Theranos — the biotech company whose founder, Elizabeth Holmes, is now synonymous with bluffing one’s way to the top.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
City leaders are also creating the physical infrastructure to support the revolution, from Civic Hall, an 85,000-square-foot tech training and event space in Union Square, to SPARC, a new, two-million-square-foot academic, health care, and biotech campus on the East Side of Manhattan.
—Andrew Kimball, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
Goldman Sachs has turned more cautious on Moderna as the biotech struggles against strong competition from other vaccine makers.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Biotech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biotech. Accessed 19 Feb. 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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