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AX-2024-005154

Tirzepatide · 60 mg declared · Sangon Biotech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. · lot SGN-2401-K9783

MARGINALMETHOD LIMITED
Report ID
AX-2024-005154
Compound
Tirzepatide
Compound class
Incretin analogues and co-agonists
Supplier
SGN — Sangon Biotech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Batch / lot
SGN-2401-K9783
Declared label claim
60mg
Laboratory
Kestrel Bioanalytical
Assay date
16 Jun 2024
Submitted
05 Jul 2024
Quarter
2024-Q2
Submitter
k.wojcik
Sample provenance
Supplier-supplied
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 nm99.72% area≥ 97.0PASS
Total impuritiesRP-HPLC, sum of reported peaks0.28% area≤ 3.0PASS
Largest single impurityRP-HPLC — truncated (3-39)0.18% area≤ 1.00PASS
Identity — theoretical monoisotopic masscalculated from molecular formula4810.4103DaNOT TESTED
Identity — observed monoisotopic massLC-MS, unit resolution (single quadrupole)4810.3776DaNOT TESTED
Mass accuracyobserved vs theoretical-6.8ppm± 15PASS
Total peptide contentby difference from the gravimetric mass balance87.70%w/wNOT TESTED
Target-compound contenttotal peptide content × purity87.45%w/wNOT TESTED
Gross fill (as weighed)five-place balance, under nitrogen72.44mg60 mg declaredNOT TESTED
Recovered target peptidegross fill × target content63.349mg60 mg claimNOT TESTED
Recovery against label claimrecovered ÷ claim105.6%90.0 – 110.0PASS
Water contentKarl Fischer, coulometric, duplicate4.08%≤ 8.0PASS
Counter-ion (TFA)anion-exchange ion chromatography7.52%≤ 12.0PASS
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated — see /methods/residual-solvents-q3c/0.70%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 calibration3.602.5 – 8.0PASS
Retention time (observed)RP-HPLC, 15 min gradient10.88min10.72 ± 0.45 (normalised)PASS
Peak asymmetry (10 % height)Ph. Eur. 2.2.461.140.80 – 1.50PASS
Plate count, main peakN = 5.54 (t/w½)²71,255≥ 20,000PASS
Resolution to nearest impurityvs des-Gly deletion (−57 Da)1.83no 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.

026475294794010587 Tirzepatide10.88 min · 99.72 % 10.1412.8711.69 same trace · ×200 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 71,255, and skew follows the reported asymmetry factor of 1.14. 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 0.18 % impurity against a 99.72 % 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 peak10.884,846,70199.72
2truncated (3-39)10.148,7490.18-222.112
3tirzepatide dimer12.872,9160.06+4810.410
4C20 diacid mono-amide11.699720.02+0.984
5des-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+963.08[M+4H]4+1203.60[M+6H]6+802.74 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 4810.3776 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+688.2087688.2041-0.00468.6
6+802.7423802.7369-0.005452.7
5+963.0893963.0828-0.0065100.0
4+1203.60991203.6017-0.008253.2
3+1604.47741604.4665-0.01098.6
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 Fischer4.08
Counter-ion (TFA)ion chromatography7.52
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated0.70
Total peptide contentby difference87.70
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)98.6499.72divergence +0.48 pp vs batch median
Total impurities (% area)1.360.28
Largest single impurity (% area)not stated0.18
Water (%)3.94.08
Counter-ion (%)not stated7.52
Peptide content (%w/w)91.387.70
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
Supplier-supplied
Evidentiary weight
Weaker evidence. Read with the caveat below.
Chain of custody
Supplier despatch → laboratory direct (courier, cold pack, 2 d) → assay. Submitter did not handle the vial.
Assay date
16 Jun 2024
Submitted to the index
05 Jul 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.

fill_homogeneity
A high figure on one vial is a statement about one vial. The within-lot spread on the batch rollup is what tells you whether the bulk was well mixed, and it is the rarer and more useful number.
area_percent
Area percent assumes unit response factors across every species present. At 99.72 % the assumption barely matters — there is not enough impurity for a response-factor error to move the figure by a tenth.
median_not_mean
One result at the top of the distribution should not move anybody's estimate much on its own. Purity distributions are compressed at the top and long-tailed at the bottom, so the informative observations are the low ones.
sample_vs_retail
Submitters have occasionally reported sample vials that were physically different from retail stock — different cap, different fill volume. Not necessarily different material, but not demonstrably the same either. This record cannot distinguish.
Section 7

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AX-2024-005157SGN-2401-K9783VendorInvestigate2024-Q297.834.30107.5Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2024-005158SGN-2401-K9783Janoshik2024-Q298.043.87Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2024-005159SGN-2401-K9783PeptideMeter2024-Q298.154.5989.5Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2024-005160SGN-2401-K9783Nordanalyt2024-Q298.264.0388.9Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2024-005161SGN-2401-K9783VendorInvestigate2024-Q298.344.4498.2Buyer-sourced0PASS
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