biotech firms
Life science businesses
Biotech firms are companies that use biological systems, living organisms, or their derivatives to develop products and technologies.
They typically work in pharmaceuticals, agriculture, or industrial processes: Several biotech firms are racing to develop gene therapies.
The term often implies smaller, research-focused companies rather than established pharmaceutical giants.
- teaching hospitalsFacilities training medical students
- genetically modified cropsPlants with altered DNA
- gene therapyMedical DNA modification treatment
- FDA approvalOfficial drug safety certification
- biofuelsFuel from living matter
pharmaceuticals · bioremediation · IPO · Wall Street · startup culture · bioethicists · monoclonal antibodies · wastewater treatment · venture capital · cell · bioplastics · carbon sequestration · vaccines · clinical trials · FDA · biomedical engineering · antibodies · molecules
biotech firmsheavy industry
Capital-intensive manufacturing sector
mining companies · smokestack industries · defense contractors · construction firms