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Excipient

ICH Q7 GMP Manufactured Product

Cysteamine HCl (2-MEA)

LBLE*, GMP, Excipient
Product Code: CSMH-3250

*Low Bioburden, Low Endotoxin

Minimum Order Quantity: 25kg
Lead Time: 9 months

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Product Code: CSMH-3250
Suitable for use as a cGMP chemical in pharmaceutical manufacturing processes and products.

Cysteamine HCl, also known as 2-MEA, has been manufactured for use as a critical process chemical for downstream biological drug manufacturing. Cysteamine HCl has been manufactured and purified under strict ICH Q7 guidelines for excipient materials and is considered to be an excipient grade product.

CAS #: 156-57-0
Formula: C2H7NS • HCl

F.W.: 113.61 g/mol

Product Specifications

  ANALYSIS SPECIFICATIONS
Appearance and Color  
White or Colorless Crystals or Powder, May Contain Lumps
Appearance of Solution  
Colorless, clear solution
Chloride Content  
30.6 – 31.8%
Assay, HPLC  
98.0 – 102.0%

Microbial Content

TAMC

TYMC

< = 50 CFU/g

< = 50 CFU/g

Endotoxin

< = 50 EU/g

Cystamine  

< = 2.0%

Identification, IR  
Conforms to Reference Standard
Loss on Drying  
< = 1.0%.
Trace Metals

Aluminum (Al)

Arsenic (As)

Barium (Ba)

Bismuth (Bi)

Calcium (Ca)

Cadmium (Cd)

Cobalt (Co)

Chromium (Cr)

Copper (Cu)

Iron (Fe)

Mercury (Hg)

Potassium (K)

Lithium (Li)

Magnesium (Mg)

Manganese (Mn)

Molybdenum (Mo)

Sodium (Na)

Nickel (Ni)

Lead (Pb)

Antimony (Sb)

Selenium (Se)

Strontium (Sr)

Vanadium (V)

Zinc (Zn)

< = 5 ppm

< = 1 ppm

< = 5 ppm

< = 5 ppm

< = 10 ppm

< = 1 ppm

< = 1 ppm

< = 1 ppm

< = 1 ppm

< = 1 ppm

< = 1 ppm

< = 50 ppm

< = 5 ppm

< = 5 ppm

< = 1 ppm

< = 5 ppm

< = 50 ppm

< = 1 ppm

< = 1 ppm

< = 1 ppm

< = 1 ppm

< = 5 ppm

< = 1 ppm

< = 1 ppm

Purity, HPLC (Area %) > = 98.0%
Purity, HPLC

Cysteamine

Related Substances

> = 92.0%
< = 8.0%

Residual Solvents

Ethanol
Isopropyl Alcohol 
Tert-Butylmethyl Ether

 < = 5000 ppm
< = 5000 ppm
< = 5000 ppm

Solubility Clear and Colorless

 

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Key Product Features:

  • The manufacturing of Cysteamine HCl (2-MEA), CSMH-3250 is performed at BioSpectra’s Bangor, PA facility.
  • Appears as white or colorless crystals or powder
  • Manufactured in accordance with ICH Q7
  • Contains no known major food allergens (as defined by FDA and WHO) 
  • The final product and its raw materials are not derived from nor come into contact with animal parts, animal products, and/or animal byproducts or derivatives
  • Is not subject to genetic modification
  • Synonyms: 2 Aminoethanethiol Hydrochloride

Storage & Shipping:

Refer to SDS. 

Shelf-Life Policy:

Unless otherwise noted on the Shelf-Life Statement and CoA, this product has a 2-year retest date supported by a 3-year ICH Q1 Stability Study (if one is completed).

Package Sizes:

1kg, 5kg, 10kg, and 25kg pails

Bulk GMP Fine Chemicals exclusively manufactured in North America

American Manufactured - FDA Registered GMP Facilities: Parenteral Excipients, GMP Small Molecule Intermediates, GMP Biological Buffers, Parenteral Carbohydrates, GMP Chlorinated Amino Acids, GMP Solutions in Sterile Single Use Packaging and other Reagent & GMP Fine Chemicals.