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

How did China manage to shake off its malaise and dazzle the world with DeepSeek moments in tech, biotech and even defense? —Shuli Ren, Twin Cities, 30 Dec. 2025

This year saw upheaval in all corners of health, science, and biotech. —Stat Staff, STAT, 29 Dec. 2025

Lisa Jarvis is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering biotech, health care and the pharmaceutical industry. —Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025

Rhenman & Partners Asset Management — a healthcare hedge fund trading pharma, biotech, med-tech and healthcare services companies long and short across all market caps globally — sees further upside on the horizon. —Hugh Leask, CNBC, 19 Dec. 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)