biotech
noun
bio·tech
ˈbī-ō-ˌtek 
plural biotechs
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.—
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AbbVie Shares of biotech company AbbVie pulled back more than 5% in Wednesday’s session.
—Sean Conlon, CNBC, 14 May 2025
In addition to the ongoing trial at Mass General in conjunction with biotech firm eGenesis, United Therapeutics Corp – the other main biotech company helping create the pig kidneys – announced in February that it would be allowed to start its own clinical trials with New York University.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
Unlike earlier digital platforms, which blossomed under minimal government intervention, most of today’s frontier technologies—such as aerospace, AI, biotech, energy, and quantum computing—actively require implicit or explicit state backing to scale up.
—Ian Bremmer, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2025
Erin Massey is busy in her day job as a scientist at a biotech company.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 13 May 2025
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Sean Conlon, CNBC, 14 May 2025
In addition to the ongoing trial at Mass General in conjunction with biotech firm eGenesis, United Therapeutics Corp – the other main biotech company helping create the pig kidneys – announced in February that it would be allowed to start its own clinical trials with New York University.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
Unlike earlier digital platforms, which blossomed under minimal government intervention, most of today’s frontier technologies—such as aerospace, AI, biotech, energy, and quantum computing—actively require implicit or explicit state backing to scale up.
—Ian Bremmer, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2025
Erin Massey is busy in her day job as a scientist at a biotech company.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 13 May 2025
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biotech
noun
bio·tech
ˈbī-ō-ˌtek
2
: a company that utilizes biotechnology (as in the development of drugs or diagnostics for medicine)
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