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AX-2025-018644

Tirzepatide · 30 mg declared · Qingdao Sigma Chemical Co., Ltd. · lot QSC-2408-T5296

PASSIDENTITY CONSISTENT
Report ID
AX-2025-018644
Compound
Tirzepatide
Compound class
Incretin analogues and co-agonists
Supplier
QSC — Qingdao Sigma Chemical Co., Ltd.
Batch / lot
QSC-2408-T5296
Declared label claim
30mg
Laboratory
Medutest
Assay date
19 Feb 2025
Submitted
16 Mar 2025
Quarter
2025-Q1
Submitter
r.solberg
Sample provenance
Laboratory-retained
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, 25 min gradient, 214 nm99.74% area≥ 97.0PASS
Total impuritiesRP-HPLC, sum of reported peaks0.26% area≤ 3.0PASS
Largest single impurityRP-HPLC — [D-Aib13]-diastereomer0.15% area≤ 1.00PASS
Identity — theoretical monoisotopic masscalculated from molecular formula4810.4103DaNOT TESTED
Identity — observed monoisotopic massLC-MS, unit resolution (single quadrupole)4810.3944DaNOT TESTED
Mass accuracyobserved vs theoretical-3.3ppm± 15PASS
Total peptide contentby difference from the gravimetric mass balance83.62%w/wNOT TESTED
Target-compound contenttotal peptide content × purity83.40%w/wNOT TESTED
Gross fill (as weighed)five-place balance, under nitrogen32.99mg30 mg declaredNOT TESTED
Recovered target peptidegross fill × target content27.514mg30 mg claimNOT TESTED
Recovery against label claimrecovered ÷ claim91.7%90.0 – 110.0PASS
Water contentKarl Fischer, coulometric, duplicate6.51%≤ 8.0PASS
Counter-ion (TFA)anion-exchange ion chromatography9.03%≤ 12.0PASS
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated — see /methods/residual-solvents-q3c/0.84%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 backgroundOff-white lyophilised cake, intactwhite to off-white intact cakePASS
Reconstitution clarityreconstituted per submitter procedureVisible particulates, did not clearclear, no visible particulatesFAIL
pH (reconstituted, 1 mg/mL)potentiometric, two-point calibration3.592.5 – 8.0PASS
Retention time (observed)RP-HPLC, 25 min gradient16.56min16.81 ± 0.45 (normalised)PASS
Peak asymmetry (10 % height)Ph. Eur. 2.2.461.080.80 – 1.50PASS
Plate count, main peakN = 5.54 (t/w½)²54,292≥ 20,000PASS
Resolution to nearest impurityvs [D-Aib13]-diastereomer0.54no 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.

01562312546876249 Tirzepatide16.56 min · 99.74 % 16.4017.91 same trace · ×200 vertical expansion, baseline-corrected · main peak off-scale reporting threshold 0.05 % area 0481216202428 Retention time (min) Response (mAU)
Figure 1. RP-HPLC trace, 25 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 54,292, and skew follows the reported asymmetry factor of 1.08. 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 0.15 % impurity against a 99.74 % 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 peak16.564,847,67399.74
2[D-Aib13]-diastereomer16.407,2900.150.000
3C20 diacid mono-amide17.912,9160.06+0.984
4des-Gly deletion (−57 Da)16.051,4580.03-57.021
5trifluoroacetyl adduct (+96 Da)17.339720.02+95.982
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+963.09[M+4H]4+1203.61[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 4810.3944 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+688.2087688.2065-0.00227.6
6+802.7423802.7397-0.002653.7
5+963.0893963.0862-0.0031100.0
4+1203.60991203.6059-0.004057.1
3+1604.47741604.4721-0.00538.5
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 Fischer6.51
Counter-ion (TFA)ion chromatography9.03
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated0.84
Total peptide contentby difference83.62
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)99.9099.74divergence +0.02 pp vs batch median
Total impurities (% area)0.100.26
Largest single impurity (% area)0.070.15
Water (%)5.26.51
Counter-ion (%)not stated9.03
Peptide content (%w/w)not stated83.62
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
Laboratory-retained
Evidentiary weight
Provenance documented, selection uncontrolled.
Chain of custody
Laboratory retained sample (−20 °C, 28 d since original receipt) → re-assay.
Assay date
19 Feb 2025
Submitted to the index
16 Mar 2025
Laboratory
Medutest, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Method basis
25 min gradient · unit-resolution MS
Verification status
IDENTITY CONSISTENT
Section 6

Annotations 3

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.

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.
ms_confirm
A reference standard on the same sequence would upgrade this from a good mass to a traceable one. The distinction matters where a result is going to be cited rather than merely read.
valley_drop
[D-Aib13]-diastereomer at 0.15 % elutes close enough to the main peak that drop-line and valley-to-valley will not agree. The index prints the resolution figure and applies no criterion to it — how close the nearest impurity sits is a property of the compound and the gradient, not of the system. What matters is that the convention used is stated.
Section 7

Related records

Same batch — lot QSC-2408-T5296 n=12

ReportLotLabQuarterPurity %Water %Recovery %ProvenanceFlagsResult
AX-2025-018634QSC-2408-T5296Janoshik2025-Q199.935.67Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018635QSC-2408-T5296Janoshik2025-Q199.615.40104.8Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018636QSC-2408-T5296Nordanalyt2025-Q199.935.63101.3Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018637QSC-2408-T5296Medutest2025-Q199.435.27101.9Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018638QSC-2408-T5296Janoshik2025-Q199.845.73Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018639QSC-2408-T5296Janoshik2025-Q199.625.07Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018640QSC-2408-T5296Kestrel2025-Q199.935.3989.9Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2025-018641QSC-2408-T5296Janoshik2025-Q199.935.85Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2025-018642QSC-2408-T5296Janoshik2025-Q199.915.5798.7Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018643QSC-2408-T5296Nordanalyt2025-Q199.915.6896.2Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-018645QSC-2408-T5296Medutest2025-Q199.595.2995.4Buyer-sourced0PASS
Other recent Tirzepatide records in the index.
ReportSupplierLotLabQuarterPurity %Water %Recovery %ProvenanceFlagsResult
AX-2026-043288CPCCPC-2607-L1516Janoshik2026-Q396.895.11101.1Laboratory-retained0FAIL
AX-2026-041610FGPFGP-2603-L7753Janoshik2026-Q398.812.45101.0Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-041974AMBAMB-2603-C5112Nordanalyt2026-Q398.203.41Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-041975AMBAMB-2603-C5112Medutest2026-Q397.883.45106.9Laboratory-retained0PASS
AX-2026-041609FGPFGP-2603-L7753Janoshik2026-Q398.522.0098.0Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-041978AMBAMB-2603-C5112Janoshik2026-Q397.943.57103.0Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-041982AMBAMB-2603-C5112Janoshik2026-Q397.604.46Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-043286CPCCPC-2607-L1516Kestrel2026-Q398.204.56Buyer-sourced0PASS
Other recent QSC records in the index.
ReportCompoundLotLabQuarterPurity %Water %Recovery %ProvenanceFlagsResult
AX-2026-041599CJC-1295 (no DAC)QSC-2606-V7416VendorInvestigate2026-Q397.963.52Buyer-sourced1FAIL
AX-2026-041601CJC-1295 (no DAC)QSC-2606-V7416Kestrel2026-Q398.334.10Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2026-041602CJC-1295 (no DAC)QSC-2606-V7416VendorInvestigate2026-Q398.363.38101.8Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2026-041477TriptorelinQSC-2607-C5749Nordanalyt2026-Q399.533.42Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2026-041600CJC-1295 (no DAC)QSC-2606-V7416Nordanalyt2026-Q397.744.91100.9Buyer-sourced1FAIL
AX-2026-041603CJC-1295 (no DAC)QSC-2606-V7416PeptideMeter2026-Q398.434.20Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2026-041606CJC-1295 (no DAC)QSC-2606-V7416Janoshik2026-Q398.033.58Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2026-041585LiraglutideQSC-2605-W7381Medutest2026-Q399.595.0992.8Laboratory-retained0PASS