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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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Validation of Monosaccharide Composition Assay Using HPLC‐UV Platform for Monoclonal Antibody Products in Compliance with ICH Guideline

Ohseok Kwon

Biopharmaceuticals and Herbal Medicine Evaluation Department, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Cheongju, 28159 South Korea

Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, 02841 South Korea

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Il Ung Oh

Biopharmaceuticals and Herbal Medicine Evaluation Department, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Cheongju, 28159 South Korea

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Myung Jin Oh

Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134 South Korea

Asia‐Pacific Glycomics Reference Site, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134 South Korea

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Seung Hwa Hong

Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Research Department, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Cheongju, 28159 South Korea

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Chan Wha Kim

Corresponding Author

E-mail address: cwkim@korea.ac.kr

Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, 02841 South Korea

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Hyun Joo An

Corresponding Author

E-mail address: hjan@cnu.ac.kr

Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134 South Korea

Asia‐Pacific Glycomics Reference Site, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134 South Korea

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First published: 17 December 2018
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Abstract

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are the largest class of glycosylated biopharmaceuticals. Glycans are a key functional component of mAbs, and thus their characterization is highly required during mAb developmental and regulatory phases. In particular, monosaccharides are crucial for antibody efficacy, safety, cytotoxicity, and potency, so reliable monosaccharide composition assay (MCA) is required for quality control (QC) testing. Traditional methods for MCA such as HPAE‐PAD and HPLC‐FLD have been suffering from low sensitivity and poor reproducibility. In this study, we developed an alternative QC method for MCA of mAb with 1‐Phenyl‐3‐methyl‐5‐pyrazolone (PMP) tag products using HPLC‐UV platform equipped in most QC laboratories. Four characteristics including specificity, linearity, precision, and accuracy were systemically evaluated according to ICH Q2(R1) guideline. Inter‐laboratory studies were also performed to validate method reproducibility and reliability. It will be a powerful platform for QC test of not only mAb products but also Fc fusion glycoprotein products.