Biotechnology Industry Description

Companies that engage in genomics and its related fields, particularly in the development and selling of drugs, therapeutic products, research equipment, and related research services.

Summary

Cloning, stem cells, moving individual genes from here to there: biotechnology seems the stuff of science fiction. But the breakthroughs in biotech are very real, and the profits in the industry can be real as well, though they are balanced by extreme volatility and risk of failure.

Biotechnology Industry Resources

• BioSpace.com
  
• FierceBiotech
  
• Plunkett Research: Biotechnology, Drugs & Genetics
  

Biotechnology Industry Terminology

• BioTech: Life Science Dictionary
  
• National Human Genome Research Institute: Glossary of Genetic Terms