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AX-2024-005132

Tirzepatide · 5 mg declared · Sangon Biotech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. · lot SGN-2408-S8580

FAILMETHOD LIMITED
Report ID
AX-2024-005132
Compound
Tirzepatide
Compound class
Incretin analogues and co-agonists
Supplier
SGN — Sangon Biotech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Batch / lot
SGN-2408-S8580
Declared label claim
5mg
Laboratory
Kestrel Bioanalytical
Assay date
22 Nov 2024
Submitted
10 Dec 2024
Quarter
2024-Q4
Submitter
j.serrano
Sample provenance
Buyer-sourced
Section 1

Results

Measured against the index acceptance specification for the incretin analogues and co-agonists class. A specification is a decision the index made; a result is a measurement. See where each threshold came from.

ParameterMethodResultUnitIndex spec
PurityRP-HPLC, 15 min gradient, 214 nm98.37% area≥ 97.0PASS
Total impuritiesRP-HPLC, sum of reported peaks1.63% area≤ 3.0PASS
Largest single impurityRP-HPLC — C20 diacid mono-amide0.67% area≤ 1.00PASS
Identity — theoretical monoisotopic masscalculated from molecular formula4810.4103DaNOT TESTED
Identity — observed monoisotopic massLC-MS, unit resolution (single quadrupole)4810.4829DaNOT TESTED
Mass accuracyobserved vs theoretical+15.1ppm± 15FAIL
Total peptide contentby difference from the gravimetric mass balance88.70%w/wNOT TESTED
Target-compound contenttotal peptide content × purity87.25%w/wNOT TESTED
Gross fill (as weighed)five-place balance, under nitrogen5.68mg5 mg declaredNOT TESTED
Recovered target peptidegross fill × target content4.956mg5 mg claimNOT TESTED
Recovery against label claimrecovered ÷ claim99.1%90.0 – 110.0PASS
Water contentKarl Fischer, coulometric, duplicate2.97%≤ 8.0PASS
Counter-ion (TFA)anion-exchange ion chromatography7.42%≤ 12.0PASS
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated — see /methods/residual-solvents-q3c/0.91%NOT TESTED
Endotoxinnot ordered on this submissionnot determined≤ 5.0NOT TESTED
Sterilitynot ordered on this submissionnot determinedno growthNOT TESTED
Appearancevisual, diffuse light, black and white backgroundWhite lyophilised cake, intactwhite to off-white intact cakePASS
Reconstitution clarityreconstituted per submitter procedureClear, colourless, no visible particulatesclear, no visible particulatesPASS
pH (reconstituted, 1 mg/mL)potentiometric, two-point calibration3.662.5 – 8.0PASS
Retention time (observed)RP-HPLC, 15 min gradient10.88min10.72 ± 0.45 (normalised)PASS
Peak asymmetry (10 % height)Ph. Eur. 2.2.461.250.80 – 1.50PASS
Plate count, main peakN = 5.54 (t/w½)²69,878≥ 20,000PASS
Resolution to nearest impurityvs [D-Aib13]-diastereomer0.56no index criterionREPORTED
Section 2

Chromatogram and peak integration

The figure is drawn from the table. It is not an independent illustration — if a number in the table changed, the trace would change with it.

02462492373859846 Tirzepatide10.88 min · 98.37 % 11.6910.5112.87 same trace · ×100 vertical expansion, baseline-corrected · main peak off-scale reporting threshold 0.05 % area 048121620 Retention time (min) Response (mAU)
Figure 1. RP-HPLC trace, 15 min gradient, 214 nm. Drawn from the peak-integration table below: peak positions are the reported retention times, peak areas are the reported area percentages, peak widths follow the reported plate count of 69,878, and skew follows the reported asymmetry factor of 1.25. Baseline noise is seeded from the report ID and is illustrative. The lower panel is the same trace at a stated vertical expansion with the slow gradient drift subtracted, because at full scale a 0.67 % impurity against a 98.37 % main peak is a line two pixels tall; the main peak runs off-scale there by design.
#PeakRTArea (µV·s)% areaΔ mass (Da)
1Tirzepatide — main peak10.884,781,08798.37
2C20 diacid mono-amide11.6932,5640.67+0.984
3[D-Aib13]-diastereomer10.7925,2740.520.000
4Met(O) sulfoxide (+16 Da)10.5113,6090.28+15.995
5des-Aib2 analogue10.714,8600.10-85.053
6tirzepatide dimer12.871,9440.04+4810.410
7des-Gly deletion (−57 Da)10.589720.02-57.021
Closure check — purity + Σ impurities 100.00CLOSES

Reporting threshold 0.05 % area. Peaks below it are not reported and are therefore excluded from the total, which overstates purity by their sum — see peak integration.

Section 3

Mass spectrum and identity

Theoretical monoisotopic mass 4810.4103 Da, computed from C225H348N48O68. All ppm figures on this site are against monoisotopic values — see why that matters.

0255075100575775975117513751575 [M+5H]5+963.10[M+6H]6+802.75[M+4H]4+1203.63 m/z Relative abundance (%)
Figure 2. ESI charge-state envelope, unit-resolution instrument. Sticks are placed at m/z = (M + z × 1.007276)/z for the observed neutral mass of 4810.4829 Da. Sodium (+21.982/z) and potassium (+37.956/z) adducts are shown where the parent charge state exceeds 25 % relative abundance; they are adducts of the same molecule and are not impurities.
ChargeTheoretical m/zObserved m/zΔ m/zRel. abundance (%)
7+688.2087688.21910.01048.7
6+802.7423802.75440.012157.4
5+963.0893963.10390.0146100.0
4+1203.60991203.62800.018154.5
3+1604.47741604.50160.02427.9
Section 4

Gravimetric mass balance

Water, counter-ion, residual and total peptide content are exhaustive and mutually exclusive categories. They must account for 100 % of the cake mass. The index closes this to within 0.02 pp and the build asserts it.

ComponentDetermination%w/w of cake
WaterKarl Fischer2.97
Counter-ion (TFA)ion chromatography7.42
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated0.91
Total peptide contentby difference88.70
Total100.00 CLOSES

Supplier certificate, as declared

The supplier's own figures for this lot, beside the independent measurement. Divergence is assessed against the batch median, not against this single report — see rule AX-R05.

FigureSupplier COAThis reportIndex note
Purity (% area)99.9098.37divergence +1.80 pp vs batch median
Total impurities (% area)0.101.63
Largest single impurity (% area)0.070.67
Water (%)not stated2.97
Counter-ion (%)not stated7.42
Peptide content (%w/w)not stated88.70
Endotoxin (EU/mg)not statednot determined
Method stated on certificateYEScolumn, gradient and wavelength given
Section 5

Provenance and caveats

Where a sample came from changes the weight of the evidence. The index treats it as a first-class field.

Sample provenance
Buyer-sourced
Evidentiary weight
Strongest available evidence in this index.
Chain of custody
Retail purchase → submitter (2–8 °C, 9 d) → laboratory (courier, ambient, 3 d) → assay.
Assay date
22 Nov 2024
Submitted to the index
10 Dec 2024
Laboratory
Kestrel Bioanalytical, Melbourne, Australia
Method basis
15 min gradient · unit-resolution MS
Verification status
METHOD LIMITED
Section 6

Annotations 4

Signed technical comments from index contributors. Not a discussion forum — annotations question or contextualise the result, and the data team replies where a reply is warranted.

ms_confirm
Two instruments or it is not confirmed. One instrument reading +15.1 ppm off is an instrument problem until a second one agrees with it.
coa_template
A release document written against a class specification will read like a specification, because that is what it is. It is not the lot's analytical report and should never be read as one.
buyer_sourced
Independently purchased, at the submitter's own cost, forwarded without the supplier's involvement. That is the definition and this record meets it.
hilic_hana
Orthogonal selectivity solves what more of the same selectivity does not. HILIC on a pair that co-elutes on C18 frequently resolves it outright.
Section 7

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