FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cytek Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTKB) announced today that its Cytek ® Muse ® Micro cell analyzer has been named Drug Discovery Solution of the Year in the 2025 BioTech Breakthrough Awards. The annual program, conducted by leading independent market intelligence organization BioTech Breakthrough , recognizes innovative life sciences and biotechnology companies, products, and services worldwide. This year’s competition drew thousands of nominations from more than 15 countries.

The award highlights Cytek’s commitment to making cell analysis more accessible, intuitive, and cost-effective for laboratories of all sizes. The Muse Micro cell analyzer builds on the legacy of the original Guava ® Muse system, which revolutionized flow cytometry for thousands of laboratories. The enhanced Muse Micro system expands upon this proven success with extended capabilities to create an affordable, multifunctional system with a compact footprint that simplifies flow cytometry while delivering ease of use, accuracy, and versatility. Applications include cell counting, cell health and viability, apoptosis, immunophenotyping, immune cell monitoring, fluorescent protein analysis, and more.

“With the Cytek Muse Micro cell analyzer, sophisticated cell analysis is no longer exclusive, complex, or expensive,” said Bryan Vaughn, managing director, BioTech Breakthrough. “Traditional flow cytometry systems are often all these things, restricting use to well-funded labs with extensive experience. Smaller labs, emerging markets, and resource-limited facilities find high-quality cell analysis to be inaccessible. The Muse Micro system combines affordability, compact design, and intuitive operation with advanced analytical capabilities, thereby lowering the financial and technical barriers to flow cytometry. For this important breakthrough, we’re awarding Cytek with the ‘Drug Discovery Solution of the Year’.”

The mission of the annual BioTech Breakthrough Awards program is to conduct the industry’s most comprehensive analysis and evaluation of the world’s top companies, solutions and products in the life sciences and biotechnology markets today.

“The Cytek Muse Micro cell analyzer furthers our mission of making high-quality flow cytometry more accessible,” said Wenbin Jiang, Ph.D., CEO of Cytek Biosciences. “In fact, the Muse Micro system is already demonstrating how a compact, cost-effective, and easy-to-use platform can simplify workflows and help laboratories of all sizes advance their research with greater efficiency and confidence.”

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About Cytek Biosciences, Inc.

Cytek Biosciences (Nasdaq: CTKB) is a leading cell analysis solutions company advancing the next generation of cell analysis tools by delivering high-resolution, high-content and high-sensitivity cell analysis utilizing its patented Full Spectrum Profiling™ (FSP ® ) technology. Cytek’s novel approach harnesses the power of information within the entire spectrum of a fluorescent signal to achieve a higher level of multiplexing with precision and sensitivity. Cytek’s platform includes: its core FSP instruments, the Cytek Aurora™, Northern Lights™, Cytek Aurora™ CS and Cytek Aurora™ Evo systems; the Cytek Muse ® Micro system; the Cytek Orion™ reagent cocktail preparation system; the Enhanced Small Particle™ (ESP™) detection technology; the flow cytometers and imaging products under the Amnis ® and Guava ® brands; and reagents, software and services to provide a comprehensive and integrated suite of solutions for its customers. Cytek is headquartered in Fremont, California with offices and distribution channels across the globe. More information about the company and its products is available at www.cytekbio.com .

Cytek’s products are for research use only and not for use in diagnostic procedures (other than Cytek’s Northern Lights-CLC system and certain reagents, which are available for clinical use only in China and the European Union).

Cytek, Muse, Full Spectrum Profiling, FSP, Cytek Aurora, Northern Lights, Enhanced Small Particle, ESP, Cytek Orion, Amnis and Guava are trademarks of Cytek Biosciences, Inc.

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