biotech

¹

[ bahy-oh-tek ]

noun

, Informal.

1. biotechnology.

biotech.

²

abbreviation for

1. biotechnology.

biotech

/ ˈbaɪəʊˌtɛk /

noun

1. 1. short for biotechnology
   2. ( as modifier )

      a biotech company

Word History and Origins

Origin of biotech¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

Scientists at Moderna, a biotech specializing in messenger RNA, were able to design a vaccine on paper in 48 hours, 11 days before the US even had its first recorded case.

From MIT Technology Review

“Combined with the Horton Plaza project and UC San Diego Extension, a transformation of downtown from a center of offices and condos and hotels to a hub for the tech and biotech industry is underway,” Skibba writes.

From Voice of San Diego

He sold his rights to develop the rest of the land to the IQHQ real estate investment group, which will build research labs, office and retail space focused on biotech, life sciences and pharmaceuticals.

From Voice of San Diego

Brad Loncar is a biotech investor with an affinity for the industry and the innovation it breeds.

From Fortune

Some of that money, as it happens, went to fund early investigations for a revolutionary coronavirus vaccine that biotech company Moderna would ultimately produce by year’s end.

From Fortune

But the whole point of the biotech industry is to blur those boundaries, and Myriad did.

From The Daily Beast

But until yesterday I would have said the same thing about the chances of patent reform in biotech, too.

From The Daily Beast

The ruling will have profound effects on medical research, genetic science, and the biotech industry.

From The Daily Beast

This has big implications for how biotech research will fare in the future.

From The Daily Beast

NIH has a small RD budget relative to private companies in the drug and biotech industries.

From The Daily Beast