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

Deep tech startups are an umbrella term for emerging companies in semiconductors, space, AI, biotech, robotics, and energy. —Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 5 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

Tidmarsh founded and led a series of pharmaceutical companies over several decades working in California’s pharmaceutical and biotech industries. —CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025

Today, American biotech innovators are constrained by a sometimes inconsistent and unpredictable regulatory system, and legislative and executive branch proposals that deter risk-taking and slow drug development. —Sen. Todd Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 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)