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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“I had just seen him on TV, and it’s like, ‘What do you think about Celgene and Gilead in the biotech sector?’”
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
While the biotech later cut the price, the damage had been done.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Makary has also run into criticism from biotech companies with rare-disease drugs, as well as patients and their advocates.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
One day, he muses, his children might open a holographic interface and use biotech tools to design his grandchildren.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
They’d come from biotech companies and academia; they’d traveled from New York, England, the Netherlands, Alaska, Japan, and everywhere between to discuss the future of cell culture.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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