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How do I read an impurity table on a liraglutide certificate against the 99.1% headline?

Asked 28 Jun 2025Modified 13 months agoViewed 13k times
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The particulars: liraglutide · 99.1%.

I would rather understand the derivation than memorise the outcome.

Two people I asked gave two answers that differ by a factor of ten, which is suggestive.

Can someone walk through the arithmetic step by step?

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3Can you say which laboratory and which method? The answer changes with both. – olu_babatunde 5 months ago
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