Biotage equipment

About Biotage

Biotage is a Swedish life sciences instrument and consumables manufacturer headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden. The company specializes in separation, purification, and synthesis technologies for chemistry and life sciences laboratories. Its work spans flash chromatography, sample preparation, organic synthesis, peptide synthesis, evaporation systems, biomolecule purification, and oligo synthesis. The product range is organized around named platforms including Isolera, Initiator, TurboVap, EVOLUTE, RapidTrace, and PrepXpert. In 2025, Biotage was acquired by KKR through the vehicle RWK BidCo AB. On Questpair, the brand is represented across a range of instruments and consumables from verified suppliers and distributors.

Biotage product lines

The Isolera line is the company's flash chromatography platform, used to separate and purify the components of a reaction mixture by gradient elution. Purification of this kind is a routine step in medicinal chemistry and in natural product isolation, where a crude synthesis output has to be resolved into a single clean compound before it can be characterized. The EVOLUTE and RapidTrace products serve sample preparation, specifically solid phase extraction, the cleanup that concentrates an analyte and removes matrix before measurement. Solid phase extraction supports bioanalysis and molecular diagnostics, where a quantitative result depends on a clean, reproducible sample.

The Initiator is a microwave synthesizer for organic synthesis, driving reactions under controlled heating to shorten reaction times. Alongside small-molecule chemistry, Biotage builds instruments for peptide synthesis and oligo synthesis, the stepwise construction of peptides and short nucleic acid strands. Peptide and oligonucleotide synthesis underpins synthetic biology and much of molecular biology, supplying the custom sequences used in gene editing experiments and in therapeutic and diagnostic development. The TurboVap evaporation systems remove solvent from many samples in parallel, the concentration step that follows extraction or purification across protein purification and general sample preparation workflows. PrepXpert extends the preparation range for high-throughput work.

Read together, these lines cover a connected sequence: prepare the sample, run the synthesis, purify the product, and concentrate the result. That continuity is what distinguishes a specialist chemistry supplier from a general instrument house, and it is why a lab working in small-molecule chemistry or in peptide and oligonucleotide chemistry often standardizes on one such maker.

What Biotage equipment is listed on Questpair?

On Questpair, 77 Biotage listings are available from 10 verified suppliers and distributors across 5 countries. The catalogue mixes complete automated instruments with lower-cost consumables and accessories, which is why the range of what is offered is broad rather than uniform.

95 percent of the listings are used. Prices run from EUR 62 to EUR 22.295. The average listed price sits around EUR 4.562.

Used and refurbished units are listed below the price of new equipment, and that price difference is the clearest reason to consider them. Where a warranty is needed, it is arranged in consultation for the specific listing rather than set centrally, so the individual listing is the place to confirm condition, configuration, and included consumables. Replacement parts can be sourced via Questpair, and buyers who need manuals or documentation can contact Questpair, where specialists respond within one hour. Because Biotage instruments depend on matched consumables, cartridges for the chromatography systems, extraction plates for the sample preparation lines, checking what a listing includes is worth doing before purchase. For a buyer who already works in purification and synthesis, the used Biotage inventory offers a route to a known platform at a price below new.

Questpair review of Biotage

Our take based on listings data and supplier feedback

Biotage occupies a defined position in the laboratory instrument market: it does not attempt to cover every analytical need, but concentrates on the separation, purification, and synthesis steps that organic and medicinal chemistry labs run repeatedly. For a buyer assessing the brand on the used market, that focus matters, because the Questpair catalogue reflects where the company's installed base actually sits.

The first thing to weigh is the separation and purification range. Biotage flash chromatography systems, led by the Isolera platform, automate the gradient purification of reaction mixtures, a daily task in any lab that makes small molecules. The EVOLUTE sample preparation consumables and the RapidTrace line handle solid phase extraction, the sample cleanup that precedes most quantitative analysis. These two functions, automated purification and extraction, are what a buyer is most likely to find when browsing Biotage listings, and they are also where the design has been iterated across several instrument generations.

Second is the breadth across the synthesis workflow. The Initiator microwave synthesizer drives reactions under controlled heating, and the brand's peptide and oligo synthesis instruments extend the same maker into biomolecule construction. Evaporation is covered by the TurboVap series, which removes solvent from many samples in parallel after a purification or extraction run. A lab standardizing on one supplier can therefore source purification, synthesis, and solvent removal from a single maker, which simplifies consumable compatibility and operator training. That said, breadth is only an advantage if the specific instrument a lab needs appears in the catalogue; the used market does not guarantee every line is in stock at once, so a buyer should check what is actually listed rather than assume full coverage.

Third is price. On Questpair, 95 percent of the listings are used. Across the catalogue, prices run from EUR 62 to EUR 22.295, with an average around EUR 4.562. That spread is wide because the listings include both low-cost consumable lots and complete automated instruments, and it means the brand is accessible at very different budget levels. A lab testing whether a Biotage workflow suits its chemistry can enter at the low end of the range; one replacing an aging automated purification system pays toward the upper end. The price difference against new equipment is the concrete argument for buying used here: a used or refurbished unit is listed below the new price, while warranty, where available, is arranged in consultation for the specific listing.

Overall, Biotage reads as a specialist maker for chemistry labs rather than a general instrument house, and the used inventory on Questpair mirrors that. The brand suits a buyer who already works in purification and synthesis and wants a known platform at a used-market price, and it rewards checking the individual listing for condition, configuration, and what consumables the instrument expects.

**Separation and purification focus**

Biotage builds flash chromatography systems and sample preparation consumables, two classes that sit at the core of small-molecule isolation work in medicinal chemistry labs.

**Breadth across the synthesis workflow**

The product range spans the Isolera purification platform, the Initiator microwave synthesizer, and the TurboVap evaporation line, covering purification, synthesis, and solvent removal under one maker.

**Priced below new on the used market**

On Questpair, 95 percent of the listings are used, which places most Biotage instruments at prices under what the equivalent new unit costs.