biotech

noun

bio·​tech ˈbī-ō-ˌtek How to pronounce biotech (audio)
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

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In the world of mRNA, Moderna is a big fish and most of the rest are tiny biotechs with 20 or 30 employees, says Jeff Coller, a professor at Johns Hopkins University who has studied mRNA technology for decades. — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026 Many came for academia and ultimately stayed for technology and tech-adjacent jobs in finance and biotech. — Shindy Chen, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026 Wolfe upgrades UniQure to outperform from peer perform Wolfe says the biotech has a robust pipeline. — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 30 July 2026 And how did the companies that hired him — at least one biotech on a full-time basis and at least two large drugmakers on a contractual basis — not vet him more thoroughly? — Ed Silverman, STAT, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for biotech

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First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of biotech was in 1967

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biotech

noun
bio·​tech ˈbī-ō-ˌtek How to pronounce biotech (audio)
1
: biotechnology sense 1
2
: a company that utilizes biotechnology (as in the development of drugs or diagnostics for medicine)

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