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

Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? —Elaine Chen, STAT, 27 Jan. 2026

Moderna — The biotech’s stock pulled back 6%, breaking a four-day win streak. —Christina Cheddar Berk,liz Napolitano, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026

Glen Gowers, cofounder of AI biotech Basecamp Research, thinks his company could help address this urgent problem. —Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

Lisa Jarvis is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering biotech, health care and the pharmaceutical industry. —Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2026

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)