Cytiva equipment

About Cytiva

Cytiva is an American manufacturer of life sciences instruments, consumables, and bioprocessing equipment, based in Marlborough, United States. The company was formed in April 2020 when Danaher Corporation completed its $21.4 billion acquisition of the Biopharma business of GE Healthcare Life Sciences and rebranded it as a standalone operating company. Danaher Corporation acquired the business on March 31, 2020, and Cytiva now operates as one of its companies. The product range spans chromatography systems and resins, bioprocess filtration, single-use bioreactors, cell culture media, biomolecular interaction analysis instruments, aseptic filling equipment, and cell and gene therapy processing systems. Its best-known lines include AKTA, Biacore, Xcellerex, HyClone, MabSelect, Whatman, and Amersham. Much of this equipment carries forward the heritage of GE Healthcare Life Sciences and, before that, Amersham. On Questpair, these systems and consumables are listed by verified suppliers and distributors.

Cytiva product lines

The AKTA line is Cytiva's chromatography platform, used for protein purification across method development and process scale. AKTA systems do liquid chromatography, and in a molecular biology setting they handle the isolation of proteins that downstream work depends on. The MabSelect resins are the affinity media that run on these systems, widely used in antibody purification and so central to a good deal of protein purification and proteomics work.

Biacore instruments perform biomolecular interaction analysis, measuring how molecules bind to one another in real time. This is the field of label-free interaction analysis, applied to antibody characterisation, immunoassay development, and the binding studies that sit behind molecular diagnostics and drug discovery.

The Xcellerex line covers single-use bioreactors for upstream cell culture. These are bioprocessing units for growing cells at scale, used in biomanufacturing and increasingly in cell and gene therapy production. HyClone is the cell culture media line that feeds them, supplying the sera and media formulations that cell culture work in biomanufacturing relies on. Bioprocess filtration and aseptic filling equipment round out the downstream side, covering the clarification and sterile handling steps of a process workflow.

Whatman is the filtration and sample preparation line, long established in laboratory filter papers, membranes, and syringe filters used across microbiology, electrophoresis sample prep, and general molecular biology. Amersham carries the heritage of electrophoresis and labelling reagents, with a history in genomics and protein analysis.

Cytiva equipment on Questpair

The Questpair catalogue holds 1076 Cytiva items, listed by 17 verified suppliers and distributors across 9 countries. 99 percent of the listings are used. Prices run from EUR 30 to EUR 236.745, with the average at EUR 16.290. That range reflects a catalogue spanning single consumables through complete bioprocessing systems.

Which Cytiva lines appear depends on what the suppliers currently hold, and the stock moves between chromatography instruments, bioreactor systems, filtration consumables, and interaction analysis equipment. For a buyer comparing a used system against a new one, the difference the catalogue supports is price: used and refurbished units are listed below new. Warranty on any individual unit is often possible and is arranged in consultation for that specific listing, so the listing itself is where that question is settled. Where a used instrument needs manuals or documentation, a request through Questpair reaches specialists who respond within the hour, and parts can be sourced the same way. Comparing listings from several of the suppliers behind the catalogue is the practical starting point for anyone sourcing Cytiva equipment at this scale.

Questpair review of Cytiva

Our take based on listings data and supplier feedback

Cytiva reaches a laboratory from two directions at once: the instruments that run a process and the consumables that feed it. The catalogue on Questpair reflects that breadth, and the first thing it shows is the depth of the chromatography range. AKTA systems handle protein purification, and the MabSelect resins they run sit in the same listings, so a protein purification lab can find the hardware and the affinity media in one search rather than two. For a group moving from method development toward larger preparative runs, that pairing matters, because the resin chemistry and the system have to be matched. The AKTA name spans several configurations in the listings, from bench systems used in molecular biology work to larger units built for process-scale purification.

The second strength is how much of a bioprocessing suite the range covers. Single-use bioreactors from the Xcellerex line, bioprocess filtration, and HyClone cell culture media are all Cytiva lines, and they address the stages of upstream and downstream processing in sequence. A buyer equipping a biomanufacturing operation can therefore treat the catalogue as covering cell culture, filtration, and purification from one maker, which simplifies the question of what works with what. These lines are built for the regulated end of the field, aseptic filling and cell and gene therapy processing, and that design intent is visible in how the units are specified. For bioprocessing and biomanufacturing teams, the value is in finding process equipment and the analytical instruments to monitor it side by side, including Biacore systems for biomolecular interaction analysis.

The third point is condition and price. The listings are almost entirely used, with 99 percent of the stock used. Prices run from EUR 30 to EUR 236.745. That spread is the honest reflection of a catalogue that holds single Whatman filtration consumables at one end and complete single-use bioreactor systems at the other, and the average sits well inside that range. For a lab weighing a used AKTA against a new one, the price difference is real: used and refurbished units are listed below new, and warranty on any specific unit is arranged in consultation for that listing rather than assumed. The 17 verified suppliers and distributors behind the stock are spread across 9 countries, which widens the field of what a buyer can compare before committing. Where a used purification system or a bioreactor needs documentation, that can be requested through Questpair. The catalogue's strength, across all three points, is that it keeps instrument and consumable, upstream and downstream, within reach of a single evaluation.

**Chromatography depth across the AKTA range**

Cytiva's AKTA protein purification systems and MabSelect resins appear throughout the listings, giving protein purification labs access to both the instruments and the consumables they run on.

**Bioprocessing hardware in one catalogue**

Single-use bioreactors from the Xcellerex line, bioprocess filtration, and HyClone cell culture media sit alongside analytical instruments, so a buyer equipping a biomanufacturing suite finds process and analysis in the same place.

**Used stock at wide price range**

With 99 percent of the listings used, prices run from EUR 30 to EUR 236.745, covering single consumables through complete bioprocessing systems.