IntroductionRegulatory agencies recommend a stepwise approach for demonstrating biosimilarity between a proposed biosimilar and reference biological product emphasizing for functional and structural characterization to trace if there is any difference which may impact safety and efficacy. We studied the comparative structural and biological attributes of recombinant human chorionic gonadotropin (rhCG), SB005, with reference product, Ovidrel® and Ovitrelle®. Recombiant hCG was approved in 2000 by the US Food and Drug Administration for the induction of final follicular maturation, early luteinization in infertile women as part of assisted reproductive technology program. It is also indicated for the induction of ovulation and pregnancy in ovulatory infertile patients whose cause of infertility is not due to ovarian failure.Materials and methodsPrimary structure was studied by intact mass analysis, peptide fingerprinting, peptide mass fingerprinting and sequence coverage analysis. Higher order structure was studied by circular dichroism, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, and disulfide bridge analysis. Different isoforms of reference product and SB005 were identified using capillary isoelectric focusing and capillary zone electrophoresis. Glycosylation was studied by N-glycan mapping using LC-ESI-MS, point of glycosylation, released glycan analysis using ultra performance liquid chromatography and sialic acid analysis. Product related impurities such as oligomer content analysis and oxidized impurities were studied using size exclusion chromatography and reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography, respectively. Biological activity in term of potency of reference product and SB005 was studied by in vivo analysis.Results and ConclusionIn this study we have compared analytical similarity of recombinant rhCG (SB005) produced at Sun Pharmaceuticals with the reference product with respect to its primary, higher order structure, isoforms, charge variants, glycosylation, sialyation pattern, pharmacodynamic and in vivo efficacy. Our studies show that the in house produced rhCG has a high degree of structural and functional similarity with the reference product available in the market.
A rapid and sensitive LC-MS/MS method has been developed and fully validated for simultaneous quantification of aspirin (ASP), salicylic acid (SLA), rosuvastatin (RVT), rosuvastatin lactone (RVL) and N-desmethyl rosuvastatin (DM RVT) in human plasma using a polarity switch with 400 µL of sample human blank plasma. Deuterated Internal Standards (IS) were used for each analyte. The solid phase extraction was used as sample preparation techniques. Chromatograph was monitored on a zorbax SB-phenyl column with a gradient mode with API-5500 triple quadrupole mass spectrometer as detector. The assay method was validated over the concentration range of 0.1-25 ng/mL for RVT; 50-10000 pg/mL for RVL and DMRVT; 5-2000 ng/mL for ASP; and 0.1-8 µg/mL for SLA. Intra and inter-day precision and accuracy were within acceptance limit. The mean recovery was >85% for all analytes. The analytes were stable at RT for 6 h in solution, at 2-8°C for 15 days in solution, for RT for 6 h in plasma, RT for 2 h in blood, till 3 freeze/thaw cycles, 104 h in auto-sampler at 6°C. This proposed method can be used for measurement of reliable concentration for dossier submission.The method was linear with weighing factor (1/x 2 ) in the range of 0.1-25 ng/mL for RVT, 50-10000 pg/mL for RVL and DMRVT, 5-2000 ng/mL for ASP and 0.1-8 µg/mL for SLA with intra and inter-day accuracy and precision within the acceptance criteria as per FDA and EMA guidelines (Table 4). The mean regression coefficient was >0.99 for all analytical run for all analytes.
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