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AX-2025-021060

Tirzepatide · 60 mg declared · Bachem Holding (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. · lot BCH-2501-D4197

FAILVERIFIED
Report ID
AX-2025-021060
Compound
Tirzepatide
Compound class
Incretin analogues and co-agonists
Supplier
BCH — Bachem Holding (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Batch / lot
BCH-2501-D4197
Declared label claim
60mg
Laboratory
Janoshik Analytical
Assay date
24 Apr 2025
Submitted
30 Apr 2025
Quarter
2025-Q2
Submitter
d.roos
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, 30 min gradient, 214 nm96.85% area≥ 97.0FAIL
Total impuritiesRP-HPLC, sum of reported peaks3.15% area≤ 3.0FAIL
Largest single impurityRP-HPLC — trifluoroacetyl adduct (+96 Da)2.17% area≤ 1.00FAIL
Identity — theoretical monoisotopic masscalculated from molecular formula4810.4103DaNOT TESTED
Identity — observed monoisotopic massLC-MS, high resolution (ESI-TOF/QTOF)4810.4233DaNOT TESTED
Mass accuracyobserved vs theoretical+2.7ppm± 15PASS
Total peptide contentby difference from the gravimetric mass balance86.28%w/wNOT TESTED
Target-compound contenttotal peptide content × purity83.56%w/wNOT TESTED
Gross fill (as weighed)five-place balance, under nitrogen68.42mg60 mg declaredNOT TESTED
Recovered target peptidegross fill × target content57.172mg60 mg claimNOT TESTED
Recovery against label claimrecovered ÷ claim95.3%90.0 – 110.0PASS
Water contentKarl Fischer, coulometric, duplicate4.37%≤ 8.0PASS
Counter-ion (TFA)anion-exchange ion chromatography8.75%≤ 12.0PASS
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated — see /methods/residual-solvents-q3c/0.60%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 cake, partially collapsedwhite to off-white intact cakeFAIL
Reconstitution clarityreconstituted per submitter procedureClear after 90 s gentle swirling, no particulatesclear, no visible particulatesPASS
pH (reconstituted, 1 mg/mL)potentiometric, two-point calibration3.802.5 – 8.0PASS
Retention time (observed)RP-HPLC, 30 min gradient19.95min19.86 ± 0.45 (normalised)PASS
Peak asymmetry (10 % height)Ph. Eur. 2.2.461.070.80 – 1.50PASS
Plate count, main peakN = 5.54 (t/w½)²81,504≥ 20,000PASS
Resolution to nearest impurityvs [D-Aib13]-diastereomer0.66no 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.

01550310146516202 Tirzepatide19.95 min · 96.85 % 20.8823.93 same trace · ×20 vertical expansion, baseline-corrected · main peak off-scale reporting threshold 0.05 % area 05101520253035 Retention time (min) Response (mAU)
Figure 1. RP-HPLC trace, 30 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 81,504, and skew follows the reported asymmetry factor of 1.07. 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 2.17 % impurity against a 96.85 % 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 peak19.954,707,21096.85
2trifluoroacetyl adduct (+96 Da)20.88105,4692.17+95.982
3[D-Aib13]-diastereomer19.7631,1060.640.000
4C20 diacid mono-amide21.5710,2070.21+0.984
5Met(O) sulfoxide (+16 Da)19.213,8880.08+15.995
6des-Gly deletion (−57 Da)19.341,4580.03-57.021
7tirzepatide dimer23.939720.02+4810.410
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+6H]6+802.74[M+4H]4+1203.61 m/z Relative abundance (%)
Figure 2. ESI charge-state envelope, high-resolution instrument. Sticks are placed at m/z = (M + z × 1.007276)/z for the observed neutral mass of 4810.4233 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+688.2087688.21060.00198.9
6+802.7423802.74450.002255.6
5+963.0893963.09190.0026100.0
4+1203.60991203.61310.003253.7
3+1604.47741604.48170.00439.0
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 Fischer4.37
Counter-ion (TFA)ion chromatography8.75
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated0.60
Total peptide contentby difference86.28
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)97.3296.85divergence +0.07 pp vs batch median
Total impurities (% area)2.683.15
Largest single impurity (% area)not stated2.17
Water (%)2.84.37
Counter-ion (%)not stated8.75
Peptide content (%w/w)not stated86.28
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 → third-party forwarder (25 d) → laboratory (courier, cold pack, 9 d) → assay.
Assay date
24 Apr 2025
Submitted to the index
30 Apr 2025
Laboratory
Janoshik Analytical, Ostrava, Czechia
Method basis
30 min gradient · high-resolution MS
Verification status
VERIFIED
Section 6

Annotations 2

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.

low_n
n=1 on this lot. A single result below specification is a finding about a vial. Two agreeing results would make it a finding about a lot, and the batch page will say which of those exists.
deamidation_rate
Deamidation adds one dalton, which at this mass is close to the resolution of the question rather than to the resolution of the instrument. The named-impurity table is the better place to look for it.
Section 7

Related records

Same batch — lot BCH-2501-D4197 n=11

ReportLotLabQuarterPurity %Water %Recovery %ProvenanceFlagsResult
AX-2025-021056BCH-2501-D4197VendorInvestigate2025-Q296.884.95Buyer-sourced0FAIL
AX-2025-021057BCH-2501-D4197PeptideMeter2025-Q297.354.72Buyer-sourced1FAIL
AX-2025-021058BCH-2501-D4197Nordanalyt2025-Q297.254.12Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-021059BCH-2501-D4197Janoshik2025-Q298.174.88Supplier-supplied1MARGINAL
AX-2025-021061BCH-2501-D4197Janoshik2025-Q297.004.10101.2Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-021062BCH-2501-D4197Medutest2025-Q297.494.70Supplier-supplied2FAIL
AX-2025-021063BCH-2501-D4197Medutest2025-Q296.844.83Buyer-sourced0FAIL
AX-2025-021064BCH-2501-D4197PeptideMeter2025-Q297.504.57Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-021065BCH-2501-D4197PeptideMeter2025-Q297.114.05101.4Buyer-sourced0PASS
AX-2025-021066BCH-2501-D4197Janoshik2025-Q297.974.1292.4Supplier-supplied1MARGINAL
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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
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ReportCompoundLotLabQuarterPurity %Water %Recovery %ProvenanceFlagsResult
AX-2026-043445BPC-157BCH-2603-G4350Nordanalyt2026-Q398.424.8793.6Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2026-043440BPC-157BCH-2603-G4350VendorInvestigate2026-Q398.614.11Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2026-043442BPC-157BCH-2603-G4350Janoshik2026-Q398.654.78Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2026-043471CJC-1295 with DACBCH-2607-H5235Janoshik2026-Q397.465.48Buyer-sourced1FAIL
AX-2026-043477CJC-1295 with DACBCH-2607-H5235VendorInvestigate2026-Q397.625.3299.6Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2026-043449BPC-157BCH-2603-G4350Kestrel2026-Q399.744.9291.3Supplier-supplied2MARGINAL
AX-2026-043448BPC-157BCH-2603-G4350Janoshik2026-Q398.554.69106.9Buyer-sourced1MARGINAL
AX-2026-043470CJC-1295 with DACBCH-2607-H5235Janoshik2026-Q397.766.1199.3Supplier-supplied1MARGINAL