S5. Analytical documentation

Findings from this criterion

Does a peptide certificate of analysis prove sterility? A purity result does not establish sterility. A certificate supports only the tests performed on the identified sample, using the stated methods.

What should a seller disclose about cold shipping? A shipping promise should identify storage instructions, the responsible pharmacy, and the route for resolving a temperature concern. Delivery speed alone cannot establish product quality.

Which laboratories sign the research vendors' test reports? A handful of laboratories sign most of the reports, few of them state an accreditation on their own sites, and some vendors credit a laboratory on the homepage that signs none of their documents.

The state of the Standard, edition 1 Eight criteria applied to every record, each reported as its own pass, fail and not-verified count, split between telehealth services and research vendors. No criterion is summed with another, and no record is scored.

The criterion the licensed services fail and the research vendors pass Almost the whole split runs one way. The sellers operating outside the prescription system publish more laboratory evidence than the licensed services do, with exceptions on both sides named on the page. The split is structural rather than a difference in care, and a certificate is a document about one lot, not an approval.

Who calls a peptide pharmaceutical grade, and what does the term require? Many telehealth services say pharmaceutical grade, and so do research vendors that label the same product not for human use. FDA does not define the term; the binding standards are the compendium and current good manufacturing practice.