biotech

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abbreviation for biotechnology: technology or industrial processes using living things such as cells and bacteria, especially in order to produce medical treatments:

In biotech, companies using genetic research to create new pharmaceuticals and treatments are the big story right now.

the emerging growth sectors of cleantech and biotech

They are a small biotech company, founded 10 years ago to take on the global problem of tuberculosis.

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It will be the first biotech company to tap the public markets.

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There have been huge numbers of advances in biotech since the beginning of the new millennium.

a company that uses biotechnology:

Most biotechs have not suffered greatly in the recent economic downturn.