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

Separately, Novo Nordisk lost out to Pfizer in the $10 billion bidding war for obesity biotech specialist Metsera over the weekend. —Tasmin Lockwood,hugh Leask,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025

Lisa Jarvis is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering biotech, health care and the pharmaceutical industry. —Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 8 Nov. 2025

And the revolutions in biotech that have made such a feat possible are still gathering steam. —Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025

Colossal Biosciences, a biotech startup, announced the acquisition of animal cloning company Viagen Pets and Equine. —Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 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)