We asked four laboratories for a sterility test. Here is what came back.
The absence of microbiological capability in this market is a commercial fact with a straightforward explanation, and it is worth understanding before blaming anybody for it.
The Supply Chain
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Holograms, QR codes and other things that are not verification
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
What changed at QSC in December, and what the company will not say about it
Documentation practice is the only part of vendor quality a buyer can assess before purchase.
Spain health authority warns on falsified liraglutide pens
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
What changed at ERP in December, and what the company will not say about it
Documentation practice is the only part of vendor quality a buyer can assess before purchase.
Holograms, QR codes and other things that are not verification
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
Changsha export categories for peptide intermediates were quietly renamed
Follow the resin, not the catalogue.
What changed at CPC in December, and what the company will not say about it
Documentation practice is the only part of vendor quality a buyer can assess before purchase.
What changed at QYB in December, and what the company will not say about it
Documentation practice is the only part of vendor quality a buyer can assess before purchase.
Spain health authority warns on falsified semaglutide pens
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
A supplier suspends shipping to Switzerland after 14 consecutive customs detentions
The route did not close because of a rule about peptides.
Benzyl alcohol is a preservative, not a sterilising agent
At low concentrations a measurable fraction of peptide can adsorb to glass and plastic surfaces, and the loss is largest exactly where it is least expected.
Why TFC can be entirely straightforward and still tell you nothing about bioburden
The Journal has read several hundred certificates from twenty companies. We set out what the documents actually cover, and what a reader is filling in from imagination.
Holograms, QR codes and other things that are not verification
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
Germany health authority warns on falsified dulaglutide pens
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
Check the vial, not the box
A document is only as good as the chain that connects it to the material, and most chains here are two or three links longer than the paperwork admits.
Ireland health authority warns on falsified liraglutide pens
Reported from the analysis, not from a warning notice.
FGP declines, for the 4th time, to name its synthesis house
Documentation practice is the only part of vendor quality a buyer can assess before purchase.
Two documents, two disciplines: purity and sterility are not the same trade
The Journal has read several hundred certificates from twenty companies. We set out what the documents actually cover, and what a reader is filling in from imagination.
What changed at WXT in November, and what the company will not say about it
Documentation practice is the only part of vendor quality a buyer can assess before purchase.