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freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer components crystallise out, and why one thaw is usually survivable and five are not.

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39 votes 4 answers50k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will a GLP-1 receptor agonist at 2.5 mg/mL tolerate?

Numbers first: a GLP-1 receptor agonist · 2.5 mg/mL. I can find plenty of assertions about this and almost no reasoning, which is usually a sign that nobody has…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

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storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

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asked by klara_novotna 19k · 2.4 years ago
37 votes 5 answers71k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will oral semaglutide at 2.5 mg/mL tolerate?

For reference: oral semaglutide · 2.5 mg/mL. I have read the obvious sources and they disagree with each other, so I would rather ask people who have actually done…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
oral-glp1
oral-glp1

Oral routes for GLP-1 receptor agonism: peptide formulations rescued by absorption enhancers such as SNAC, and true small molecules that need no…

219 questions
asked by vial_five 12k · 2.0 years ago
37 votes 5 answers35k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will ecnoglutide at 3.33 mg/mL tolerate?

Conditions: ecnoglutide · 3.33 mg/mL. I have done this once and I suspect I got away with it rather than got it right. For context: I keep records of every batch,…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
ecnoglutide
ecnoglutide

A long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist with a cAMP-biased signalling profile. A niche tag, mostly used for mechanism questions about biased agonism…

223 questions
asked by marta_szymanska 10k · 19 months ago
36 votes 2 answers33k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will a GLP-1 receptor agonist at 4 mg/mL tolerate?

Details up front: a GLP-1 receptor agonist · 4 mg/mL. I would like to understand the steps well enough to explain them to someone else. I have access to a…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
asked by dmitri_savchuk 27k · 19 months ago
36 votes 5 answers29k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will semaglutide at 3.33 mg/mL tolerate?

The case in front of me: semaglutide · 3.33 mg/mL. I am trying to do this correctly the first time rather than learn it by getting it wrong. I have already made one…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
asked by retest_please 9.7k · 2.4 years ago
35 votes 4 answers27k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will orforglipron at 2 mg/mL tolerate?

What I am working with: orforglipron · 2 mg/mL. This is a procedural question rather than a theoretical one, and I would like the procedure rather than the theory.…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
orforglipron
orforglipron

A non-peptide, orally bioavailable small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist studied in the ATTAIN programme. It is not a peptide, which changes…

219 questions
asked by anders_vestby 8.5k · 19 months ago
34 votes 5 answers51k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will survodutide at 20 mg/mL tolerate?

Conditions: survodutide · 20 mg/mL. I am trying to do this correctly the first time rather than learn it by getting it wrong. I have already made one mistake here…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
survodutide
survodutide

A GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist with a substantial published MASH dataset. Use this tag for its hepatic endpoints, its dose ladder, and…

225 questions
asked by Dr_Ilse_Vandenberg 113k · 2.0 years ago
33 votes 5 answers23k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will mazdutide at 10 mg/mL tolerate?

What I have: mazdutide · 10 mg/mL. I would like to understand the steps well enough to explain them to someone else. I have access to a refrigerator with a logger and…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
mazdutide
mazdutide

A GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist developed primarily in China, with a distinct dose range and a fast-moving publication record.…

237 questions
asked by tamsin_wray 9.9k · 13 months ago
33 votes2 answers20k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will cagrilintide at 6.67 mg/mL tolerate?

Details up front: cagrilintide · 6.67 mg/mL. I would like to understand the steps well enough to explain them to someone else. I have access to a refrigerator with a…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
amylin
amylin

Amylin and its analogues, most prominently cagrilintide, as a satiety mechanism orthogonal to incretin signalling. Includes the pharmacology of…

237 questions
asked by jonas_ekstrom 12k · 15 months ago
32 votes 5 answers44k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will cagrilintide at 2.5 mg/mL tolerate?

Numbers first: cagrilintide · 2.5 mg/mL. I would like to understand the steps well enough to explain them to someone else. I have access to a refrigerator with a…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
amylin
amylin

Amylin and its analogues, most prominently cagrilintide, as a satiety mechanism orthogonal to incretin signalling. Includes the pharmacology of…

237 questions
asked by area_percent 9.9k · 2.2 years ago
31 votes0 answers8.6k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will ecnoglutide at 2 mg/mL tolerate?

The case in front of me: ecnoglutide · 2 mg/mL. I am trying to do this correctly the first time rather than learn it by getting it wrong. I have already made one…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
ecnoglutide
ecnoglutide

A long-acting GLP-1 receptor agonist with a cAMP-biased signalling profile. A niche tag, mostly used for mechanism questions about biased agonism…

223 questions
asked by kofi_mensah 18k · 10 months ago
29 votes 3 answers33k views
Is freezing a reconstituted peptide solution ever acceptable, and what exactly does an ice crystal do to it?

Every label on an approved incretin product says do not freeze, and discard if frozen. I would like to know what that instruction is protecting against, because if I…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

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reconstitution
reconstitution

Taking a lyophilised vial to a solution of known concentration: choice of diluent, volume selection, how to add liquid without shearing the cake,…

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storage
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Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
asked by rosa_mendieta 8k · 21 months ago
29 votes 5 answers30k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will orforglipron at 20 mg/mL tolerate?

Setup, so nobody has to ask: orforglipron · 20 mg/mL. This is a procedural question rather than a theoretical one, and I would like the procedure rather than the…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
orforglipron
orforglipron

A non-peptide, orally bioavailable small-molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist studied in the ATTAIN programme. It is not a peptide, which changes…

219 questions
asked by ahmed_zerouali 15k · 20 months ago
28 votes5 answers9.8k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will mazdutide at 2.5 mg/mL tolerate?

Numbers first: mazdutide · 2.5 mg/mL. I would like to understand the steps well enough to explain them to someone else. I have access to a refrigerator with a logger…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
mazdutide
mazdutide

A GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist developed primarily in China, with a distinct dose range and a fast-moving publication record.…

237 questions
asked by cap_the_luer 14k · 12 months ago
26 votes5 answers36k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will liraglutide at 6.67 mg/mL tolerate?

For reference: liraglutide · 6.67 mg/mL. I want a method I can write down and repeat, not a rule of thumb. I would rather over-engineer this than discover a problem…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
liraglutide
liraglutide

A once-daily GLP-1 receptor agonist and the compound that established the class. Still relevant for its shorter half-life, its paediatric and…

235 questions
asked by bounty_hunter_q 15k · 20 months ago
26 votes 5 answers31k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will retatrutide at 20 mg/mL tolerate?

What I am working with: retatrutide · 20 mg/mL. This is a procedural question rather than a theoretical one, and I would like the procedure rather than the theory.…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
retatrutide
retatrutide

An investigational GLP-1, GIP and glucagon receptor tri-agonist, studied in the TRIUMPH programme. Not approved anywhere. Use this tag for…

251 questions
asked by ravenna_pace 14k · 16 months ago
26 votes 5 answers14k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will dulaglutide at 2 mg/mL tolerate?

What I am working with: dulaglutide · 2 mg/mL. Everything I have found on this is either a forum aside or a product page, neither of which I trust. I am comfortable…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
dulaglutide
dulaglutide

A once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist built on an Fc fusion rather than fatty-acid acylation. Use this tag for questions about the fusion-protein…

200 questions
asked by tri_gly_ala 24k · 10 months ago
26 votes 5 answers13k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will tirzepatide at 4 mg/mL tolerate?

For reference: tirzepatide · 4 mg/mL. I want a method I can write down and repeat, not a rule of thumb. I would rather over-engineer this than discover a problem…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
tirzepatide
tirzepatide

A dual GIP and GLP-1 receptor agonist. Questions here cover the SURPASS and SURMOUNT programmes, the practical differences from a pure GLP-1…

370 questions
asked by cake_collapsed 14k · 16 months ago
25 votes 5 answers41k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will cagrilintide at 10 mg/mL tolerate?

What I have: cagrilintide · 10 mg/mL. I can find plenty of assertions about this and almost no reasoning, which is usually a sign that nobody has checked. Assume no…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
amylin
amylin

Amylin and its analogues, most prominently cagrilintide, as a satiety mechanism orthogonal to incretin signalling. Includes the pharmacology of…

237 questions
asked by fiadh_cronin 58k · 19 months ago
25 votes 5 answers28k views
What temperature does a domestic freezer actually hold?

This is a recurring problem with one particular shipping lane rather than a one-off. I would like help reading this properly rather than being told what conclusion to…

storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
asked by ahmed_zerouali 15k · 14 months ago
25 votes 5 answers17k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will survodutide at 3.33 mg/mL tolerate?

The case in front of me: survodutide · 3.33 mg/mL. I am trying to do this correctly the first time rather than learn it by getting it wrong. I have already made one…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
survodutide
survodutide

A GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist with a substantial published MASH dataset. Use this tag for its hepatic endpoints, its dose ladder, and…

225 questions
asked by esben_lykke 84k · 17 months ago
24 votes 4 answers24k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will mazdutide at 1 mg/mL tolerate?

Numbers first: mazdutide · 1 mg/mL. I would like to understand the steps well enough to explain them to someone else. I have access to a refrigerator with a logger…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
mazdutide
mazdutide

A GLP-1 and glucagon receptor dual agonist developed primarily in China, with a distinct dose range and a fast-moving publication record.…

237 questions
asked by ilaria_bertone 33k · 22 months ago
23 votes 3 answers28k views
Package arrived after six days with a completely warm gel pack — was the cold chain ever real?

Six lyophilised research vials, ordered with "cold shipping". Arrived after six days in transit. Inside: a bubble mailer, a 250 g gel pack at room temperature and…

cold-chain
cold-chain

Keeping material within a temperature window from manufacture to use: phase-change packs versus dry ice, thermal mass, transit-lane temperature…

578 questions
international-shipping
international-shipping

Cross-border movement of research material: transit lanes and their thermal profiles, tracked versus untracked, declaration accuracy, and what…

471 questions
freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
asked by Dr_Signe_Baldursdottir 29k · 12 months ago
22 votes 5 answers38k views
How many freeze-thaw cycles will semaglutide at 5 mg/mL tolerate?

The case in front of me: semaglutide · 5 mg/mL. I have done this once and I suspect I got away with it rather than got it right. For context: I keep records of every…

freeze-thaw
freeze-thaw

What repeated freezing does to a peptide in solution: ice-crystal shear at the growing front, freeze-concentration of solutes, pH shifts as buffer…

57 questions
peptide-stability
peptide-stability

The chemistry of peptide degradation: deamidation, oxidation, hydrolysis, aggregation and fibrillation, and how temperature, pH, ionic strength,…

908 questions
storage
storage

Storage conditions and their evidence base: minus twenty degrees for powder, refrigerated for solution, protection from light, and what the…

701 questions
semaglutide
semaglutide

A GLP-1 receptor agonist with a fatty-acid-acylated backbone and a roughly one-week half-life, marketed for type 2 diabetes and for weight…

470 questions
asked by rae_oyelowo 17k · 19 months ago
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