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A sensitive method for the quantitation of the peptide-based glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist liraglutide in
Amanda J King-Ahmad1, Amit S Kalgutkar2, Mark Niosi1
1Medicine Design, Worldwide Research & Development, Pfizer, Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340, USA.
Aim:
An LC-MS/MS assay for the quantitation of liraglutide, a peptide-based injectable glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, has been developed as a convenient alternative to the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and used to characterize liraglutide pharmacokinetics in cynomolgus monkeys.
Results:
Assay calibration curves exhibited a linear dynamic range of 10-5000 ng/ml and correlation coefficient ≥0.98. Following a 30 μg/kg intravenous dose, liraglutide demonstrated low plasma clearance and distribution volume, which led to a terminal half-life of 6.59 h in monkeys.
Conclusion:
The dynamic range of our LC-MS/MS assay provides sufficient coverage of the average efficacious liraglutide concentrations in human plasma, and can be used for pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics studies in animals and potentially in humans.
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