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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Colossal, a biotech company based in Dallas, Texas, is famous for its efforts to bring back the wooly mammoth and the Tasmanian tiger.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Low-key Hildebrand, who lives in Charleston and previously served on the boards of two water nonprofits, has plowed his money into financial technology, biotech and artificial intelligence startups.
—Jemima McEvoy, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Life sciences companies have decided to chop hundreds of Bay Area jobs in a fresh wave of layoffs that hint at ongoing turbulence in the region’s biotech sector, state labor agency posts show.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Some Wall Street analysts said Marks’ departure could undermine the FDA’s mission of ensuring safe and effective treatments reach patients in the U.S. That could put even more pressure on a struggling biotech sector.
—Jacob Pramuk, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Low-key Hildebrand, who lives in Charleston and previously served on the boards of two water nonprofits, has plowed his money into financial technology, biotech and artificial intelligence startups.
—Jemima McEvoy, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Life sciences companies have decided to chop hundreds of Bay Area jobs in a fresh wave of layoffs that hint at ongoing turbulence in the region’s biotech sector, state labor agency posts show.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Some Wall Street analysts said Marks’ departure could undermine the FDA’s mission of ensuring safe and effective treatments reach patients in the U.S. That could put even more pressure on a struggling biotech sector.
—Jacob Pramuk, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Biotech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biotech. Accessed 13 Apr. 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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