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

For more on how shifting capital is reshaping longevity, health and biotech, read my analysis of AI, private equity, and radiology’s reckoning. —Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

That included AlphaFold, an AI program that can predict protein structures and revolutionized biotech. —Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Vir Biotechnology — The biotech gained more than 5% after Evercore ISI initiated coverage with an outperform rating. —Fred Imbert, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025

Since retiring from Eli Lilly in 2018, the biopharmaceutical veteran has been using expertise to drive drug discovery and development at biotech firms, pharmaceutical companies, and academic institutions. —Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for biotech

• aztec
• breakneck
• codec
• exec
• mixtec
• paycheck
• pinchbeck
• recheck
• redneck
• toltec
• beck
• breck

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)