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AX-2024-005465

Semaglutide · 15 mg declared · Bachem Holding (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. · lot BCH-2405-U6438

MARGINALPURITY ONLY
Report ID
AX-2024-005465
Compound
Semaglutide
Compound class
Incretin analogues and co-agonists
Supplier
BCH — Bachem Holding (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Batch / lot
BCH-2405-U6438
Declared label claim
15mg
Laboratory
Nordanalyt Laboratories
Assay date
09 May 2024
Submitted
31 May 2024
Quarter
2024-Q2
Submitter
a.hovland
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, 35 min gradient, 214 nm97.70% area≥ 97.0PASS
Total impuritiesRP-HPLC, sum of reported peaks2.30% area≤ 3.0PASS
Largest single impurityRP-HPLC — [D-Aib8]-diastereomer1.58% area≤ 1.00FAIL
Identitynot ordered on this submissionnot determinedrequired for VERIFIED statusNOT TESTED
Total peptide contentby difference from the gravimetric mass balance83.91%w/wNOT TESTED
Target-compound contenttotal peptide content × purity81.98%w/wNOT TESTED
Gross fill (as weighed)five-place balance, under nitrogen18.78mg15 mg declaredNOT TESTED
Recovered target peptidegross fill × target content15.396mg15 mg claimNOT TESTED
Recovery against label claimrecovered ÷ claim102.6%90.0 – 110.0PASS
Water contentKarl Fischer, coulometric, duplicate4.25%≤ 8.0PASS
Counter-ion (TFA)anion-exchange ion chromatography10.85%≤ 12.0PASS
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated — see /methods/residual-solvents-q3c/0.99%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 calibration4.352.5 – 8.0PASS
Retention time (observed)RP-HPLC, 35 min gradient21.44min21.24 ± 0.45 (normalised)PASS
Peak asymmetry (10 % height)Ph. Eur. 2.2.461.270.80 – 1.50PASS
Plate count, main peakN = 5.54 (t/w½)²59,103≥ 20,000PASS
Resolution to nearest impurityvs [D-Aib8]-diastereomer0.77no 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.

01131226133924522 Semaglutide21.44 min · 97.70 % 21.16 same trace · ×20 vertical expansion, baseline-corrected · main peak off-scale reporting threshold 0.05 % area 0510152025303540 Retention time (min) Response (mAU)
Figure 1. RP-HPLC trace, 35 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 59,103, and skew follows the reported asymmetry factor of 1.27. 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 1.58 % impurity against a 97.70 % main peak is a line two pixels tall; the main peak runs off-scale there by design.
#PeakRTArea (µV·s)% areaΔ mass (Da)
1Semaglutide — main peak21.444,748,52397.70
2[D-Aib8]-diastereomer21.1676,7931.580.000
3C18 diacid mono-ester23.0317,0110.35+14.016
4des-AEEA semaglutide (−145 Da)20.4812,1510.25-145.074
5Met(O) sulfoxide (+16 Da)20.653,4020.07+15.995
6deamidated (Asn→Asp, +1 Da)20.851,4580.03+0.984
7des-His1 truncate (−137 Da)20.119720.02-137.059
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 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 Fischer4.25
Counter-ion (TFA)ion chromatography10.85
Residual solvent + inorganic residueestimated0.99
Total peptide contentby difference83.91
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)98.097.70divergence +0.26 pp vs batch median
Total impurities (% area)2.002.30
Largest single impurity (% area)1.191.58
Water (%)3.04.25
Counter-ion (%)not stated10.85
Peptide content (%w/w)92.283.91
Endotoxin (EU/mg)not statednot determined
Method stated on certificateNOno method section — the result cannot be reconciled against any other
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, 5 d) → assay. Submitter did not handle the vial.
Assay date
09 May 2024
Submitted to the index
31 May 2024
Laboratory
Nordanalyt Laboratories, Uppsala, Sweden
Method basis
35 min gradient · high-resolution MS
Verification status
PURITY ONLY
Section 6

Annotations

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Section 7

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