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Bioleum Corporation

Bioleum Corporation is a Nevada renewable fuels startup formed in May 2025 as a subsidiary of Comstock Inc., converting lignocellulosic biomass into ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel.

Biolinq

Biolinq Incorporated is a San Diego biotechnology company, founded in 2012, that makes Biolinq Shine, a needle-free glucose biosensor patch cleared by the FDA in 2025.

Biological asset

A biological asset is a living animal or plant managed as part of agricultural activity, measured under IAS 41 at fair value less costs to sell.

Biological Park

A biological park is the Indian term for a recognized zoological park, typically combining live animal display with conservation breeding, education, research, and botanical areas.

Biological Weapons Convention

The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC/BTWC), signed 1972, in force 1975, is the first treaty banning an entire WMD category, with roughly 187-188 states parties, no verification regime, CBM transparency reports, and a post-2022 strengthening working group.

Bioluminescence Ventures

Bioluminescence Ventures was a venture capital firm founded by Kouki Harasaki in November 2023 with $477 million to invest in early-stage biotechnology companies; it dissolved in early 2025.

Biomason

Biomason is a Durham, North Carolina biomanufacturing company founded in 2012 by Ginger Krieg Dosier and Michael Dosier that grows masonry and tile using bacteria-made biocement instead of Portland cement.

Biomatics Capital Partners

Biomatics Capital Partners is a Seattle-based venture capital firm investing in genomics, digital health, and data-driven healthcare, founded in 2016 by Boris Nikolic and Julie Sunderland.

BioMed Central

BioMed Central (BMC) is an open access journal publisher founded in 2000 by Vitek Tracz as the first commercial OA publisher, now part of Springer Nature with over 300 APC-funded peer-reviewed journals.

Biomedical research

Biomedical Research (Tokyo), ISSN 0388-6107, is a Japanese gold open-access, peer-reviewed medical journal founded in 1980, covering experimental and basic medicine, published bi-monthly via J-STAGE and indexed in MEDLINE.

Bionano Genomics

Bionano Genomics is a San Diego genome-analysis company, listed on Nasdaq as BNGO, that sells optical genome mapping systems like Saphyr and Stratys for detecting structural variants in DNA.

Bioneer

Bioneer is a South Korean biotechnology company in Daejeon, founded in 1992 as the first startup spun out of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology.

Bioness

Bioness is an American medical device company founded in 2004 in Valencia, California, by the Alfred E. Mann Foundation, making functional electrical stimulation devices for foot drop and hand paralysis.

Bioniq

Bioniq is a personalized supplement company founded in London in 2019 by Vadim Fedotov, agreed in 2026 to be acquired by Herbalife for up to $150 million.

Bionyra Pharma

Bionyra Pharma is a Paris-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical startup developing half-life extended antibodies for inflammatory bowel disease and atopic dermatitis, co-founded by Sofinnova Partners and CEO Frédéric Marrache.

Biopharma Credit Investments

BioPharma Credit Investments is a family of private funds, principally BioPharma Credit Investments V (Master) LP, making senior secured and royalty-backed loans to life-sciences companies, managed by Pharmakon Advisors in New York.

Biopiracy

Biopiracy: misappropriation of genetic resources and traditional knowledge without consent or compensation, often via patents. Also called unauthorised access. Key cases: turmeric, neem; frameworks: CBD, Nagoya Protocol, Cali Fund.

Biopower

Biopower is a concept coined by Michel Foucault to describe power over human life, acting on individual bodies and populations, in contrast to the sovereign right to kill.

BiopSense

BiopSense is a Finnish diagnostics company founded in 2019 in Jyväskylä as a University of Jyväskylä spin-out, developing automated disposable cartridges for extracting cell-free DNA from blood for liquid-biopsy cancer testing.

Biopsychosocial model

The biopsychosocial model (BPSM), proposed by George Engel in 1977, treats disease as the outcome of interactions among biological, psychological, and social factors, as an alternative to the reductionist biomedical model; widely adopted yet criticized as vague.

BioRay Biopharm (浙江博锐生物制药股份有限公司)

BioRay Biopharm (Zhejiang BioRay Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese biopharmaceutical company in Taizhou, Zhejiang, known for autoimmune biologics including zuberitamab and a 2026 Hong Kong listing application that lapsed.

BioRay Pharmaceutical (博锐生物)

BioRay Pharmaceutical (博锐生物), also known as BioRay Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd., is a Chinese biologics company in Taizhou, Zhejiang, developing monoclonal antibodies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases; it filed for a Hong Kong IPO in 2026.

Biorce

Biorce is a Barcelona-based health technology startup founded in 2024 that sells Aika, an AI platform for designing and running clinical trials for pharmaceutical companies.

Biospring Partners

Biospring Partners is a New York investment firm founded in 2020 by Michelle Dipp and Jennifer Lum that invests in B2B life sciences technology and pharma services companies.

Biotage (company)

Biotage AB is a Swedish life science tools company supplying separation and purification solutions for drug discovery and analytical testing, taken private by KKR in 2025.

BioTechniques

BioTechniques: monthly peer-reviewed open-access life science methods journal founded 1983 by Francis Eaton, published by Taylor & Francis since 2024, ISSN 0736-6205, Impact Factor 2.6 (2025).

Biotechnology High School

Biotechnology High School (BTHS) is a selective public career academy in Freehold, New Jersey, part of the Monmouth County Vocational School District; an IB World School of about 319 students, a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School ranked #8 among New Jersey public high schools.

Biotique

Biotique is an Indian beauty and personal care brand making natural and ayurvedic skin, hair, make-up, and baby products, founded by Vinita Jain in 1992 and based in Noida.

Biotrack Capital

Biotrack Capital is a Shanghai-based venture capital firm founded in 2017 that invests in healthcare companies in China, including biotech, medtech, and digital health startups, with funds raised in both US dollars and renminbi.

BioVentrix

BioVentrix, formerly CHF Technologies, is a Mansfield, Massachusetts medical device company developing the Revivent System, a minimally invasive therapy that reshapes the heart's left ventricle in heart failure.