biotech
noun
biotech
1 American
[bahy-oh-tek]
/ ˌbaɪ oʊˈtɛk /
noun
Informal.
biotech.
2
American
abbreviation
biotech
British
/ ˈbaɪəʊˌtɛk /
noun
Etymology
Origin of biotech
By shortening
Example Sentences
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U.K. pharmaceutical giant GSK on Tuesday struck a $10.6 billion deal to buy U.S.-listed biotech company Nuvalent, its biggest acquisition in eight years as it seeks to bolster the cancer portfolio it had previously trimmed.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Over the past 12 months, the biotech stock has skyrocketed 644%.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
A couple of years ago, the biotech backed by billionaire Bob Duggan published data suggesting its drug, ivonescimab, beat back a form of lung cancer longer than Keytruda did.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Abivax’s bowel-disease drug hit its goals in a late-stage trial, but shares of the French biotech company plunged amid investor concerns about the drug’s safety profile.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
But plenty of science was already on hold while researchers, universities, and biotech companies sued one another over ownership of various cell lines.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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