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Vendor recordOpened 2026-09-14Last checked 2026-09-14

Ascend Research

Verifiedascendresearchco.com
60Weak

Score 60 out of 100. Weak.

Composite score

Seven categories, weighted. Authenticity is scored first and is all or nothing, and 100% of the rubric was measurable on this storefront.

Reports published
76
Reports resolved
76
Laboratory reached
1
Last checked
2026-09-14

All 76 reports Ascend Research publishes were looked up at the issuing laboratory's own portal.

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How the score is built60 / 100
Report authenticityiCan the issuing laboratory independently verify the reports the vendor publishes?20 / 2076 of 76 reports confirmed by the issuing laboratory.
Testing coverageiWhat share of listed products, and of each size sold, carries a published report?2 / 1079 of the 81 products in this catalogue have a report, covering 33 of 146 sizes. This measures the catalogue, not the reports.
Report recencyiHow recently was each published report issued by the laboratory?1 / 10The median report is 25 months old. 0 of 76 were issued within 3 months. 76 are more than a year old.
Measured purityiWhat purity did the laboratory actually report, averaged across confirmed reports?10 / 10Purity averages 99.75% across the 75 of 76 confirmed reports that state a purity figure, with the lowest at 99.70%. That is 10 of 10 points. 99.5% and above earns 10. Those 75 figures cover 93% of the 81 products listed.
Legal complianceiWhether the storefront and its paid advertising stay inside research-use language.8 / 10The storefront carries research-use labelling on all 60 product pages read, no human-use claims in its copy, a customer service address and a telephone number. It lacks a research-use gate and copy free of mixing instructions. Meta's Ad Library lists no active advertising for this vendor.
PricingiPrice per milligram against the market median for the same compounds.1 / 20Median price per milligram is 1.90x the market median, 90% above comparable vendors.
StorefrontiDispatch, whether the shop can be moved through, the range on the shelf, and what the vendor discloses.18 / 20No dispatch time is published. The vendor does commit to tracking, cold-chain handling and a reship guarantee. The vendor publishes a contact route, its policies and batch numbers on 76 of 76 reports. 81 products listed. The storefront reaches a catalogue of 81 products, reachable policy pages and a reachable contact route. Page load is not timed.

Certificates with an identified independent laboratory and a verification route are checked with that laboratory. A report counts as authentic only when the laboratory holds it and the laboratory’s own copy names this vendor as the client. Laboratories that publish no public verifier are recorded Unverifiable, not Failed. A documented absence of an independent issuing laboratory and verification route fails the certificate checks; it does not establish fabrication or accreditation status.

Findings describe the certificates this vendor published on the dates listed. The weight each category carries, and what it measures, is set out once for every vendor.

A category marked not assessed could not be measured here, and it is left out of the total rather than counted as zero. A published record carries no unanswered line: where an automated check cannot settle one, the line is settled from what the storefront publishes. Every published vendor is audited again once a month.

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Is Ascend Research legit?

Is Ascend Research legit?
76 of 76 certificates Ascend Research published were confirmed at United Diagnostics, and the record scores 60 of 100. Checked 2026-09-14.
Are Ascend Research's COAs real?
United Diagnostics holds all 76 checked certificates under Ascend Research's name, and each one matches the published copy.
How was Ascend Research checked?
Each certificate published on ascendresearchco.com was looked up at the issuing laboratory's own verification portal (United Diagnostics) using the identifiers printed on it, and the laboratory's record was compared with the published copy.

01The finding

All 76 certificates Ascend Research published were confirmed at the issuing laboratory.

Sorted worst first

Testing coverage

What this vendor publishes results for

Not running a test is different from publishing one the laboratory does not hold. Both are recorded, neither is treated as the other.

Purity (HPLC)Published for 75 of 76 reports; 1 not recordedPartial
IdentityPublished for 76 of 76 reports (100%)Tested
Net peptide contentPublished for 76 of 76 reports (100%)Tested
Bacterial endotoxinPublished for 76 of 76 reports (100%)Tested
SterilityPublished for 76 of 76 reports (100%)Tested
Heavy metalsPublished for 76 of 76 reports (100%)Tested

02The exhibits

The two copies of the same report, side by side

Each pair is the document the vendor published beside the document the laboratory holds under the same task number. The boxes mark what identifies the record and what differs.

Exhibit A

United Diagnostics holds this report and its own copy names Ascend Research.

BAC WaterTask ASC-2024-0821-010Key 9VR2Z2Q8

Authentic
Vendor's published copyascendresearchco.comCaptured 2026-09-14

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  • 1Task numberASC-2024-0821-010ASC-2024-0821-010Match
  • 2Unique key9VR2Z2Q89VR2Z2Q8Match
What the check found

We checked report #ASC-2024-0821-010 at uniteddiagnostics.org on 2026-09-14. The United Diagnostics database holds this task and the laboratory's original matches the vendor's copy.

Exhibit B

United Diagnostics holds this report and its own copy names Ascend Research.

Reta / GLP-3Task ASC-2024-0821-046Key CRX8XZLB

Authentic
Vendor's published copyascendresearchco.comCaptured 2026-09-14

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  • 1Task numberASC-2024-0821-046ASC-2024-0821-046Match
  • 2Unique keyCRX8XZLBCRX8XZLBMatch
What the check found

We checked report #ASC-2024-0821-046 at uniteddiagnostics.org on 2026-09-14. The United Diagnostics database holds this task and the laboratory's original matches the vendor's copy.

Exhibit C

United Diagnostics holds this report and its own copy names Ascend Research.

Reta / GLP-3Task ASC-2024-0821-047Key NTKKVQQG

Authentic
Vendor's published copyascendresearchco.comCaptured 2026-09-14

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  • 1Task numberASC-2024-0821-047ASC-2024-0821-047Match
  • 2Unique keyNTKKVQQGNTKKVQQGMatch
What the check found

We checked report #ASC-2024-0821-047 at uniteddiagnostics.org on 2026-09-14. The United Diagnostics database holds this task and the laboratory's original matches the vendor's copy.

Exhibit D

United Diagnostics holds this report and its own copy names Ascend Research.

Reta / GLP-3Task ASC-2024-0821-048Key NQWMANFA

Authentic
Vendor's published copyascendresearchco.comCaptured 2026-09-14

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  • 1Task numberASC-2024-0821-048ASC-2024-0821-048Match
  • 2Unique keyNQWMANFANQWMANFAMatch
What the check found

We checked report #ASC-2024-0821-048 at uniteddiagnostics.org on 2026-09-14. The United Diagnostics database holds this task and the laboratory's original matches the vendor's copy.

Exhibit E

United Diagnostics holds this report and its own copy names Ascend Research.

Reta / GLP-3Task ASC-2024-0821-049Key LK8CJRKE

Authentic
Vendor's published copyascendresearchco.comCaptured 2026-09-14

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  • 1Task numberASC-2024-0821-049ASC-2024-0821-049Match
  • 2Unique keyLK8CJRKELK8CJRKEMatch
What the check found

We checked report #ASC-2024-0821-049 at uniteddiagnostics.org on 2026-09-14. The United Diagnostics database holds this task and the laboratory's original matches the vendor's copy.

Exhibit F

United Diagnostics holds this report and its own copy names Ascend Research.

TirzepatideTask ASC-2024-0821-068Key CEDUDZKB

Authentic
Vendor's published copyascendresearchco.comCaptured 2026-09-14

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  • 1Task numberASC-2024-0821-068ASC-2024-0821-068Match
  • 2Unique keyCEDUDZKBCEDUDZKBMatch
What the check found

We checked report #ASC-2024-0821-068 at uniteddiagnostics.org on 2026-09-14. The United Diagnostics database holds this task and the laboratory's original matches the vendor's copy.

70 further reports were checked the same way. Their outcomes are listed in the results table above.

03Right of reply

Company response

Ascend Research has not written to us about this record. It can at any time, and anything it sends is published here in full.

No reply on file

Findings are published as soon as they are complete, because everything in them was read from this company's own storefront and from the laboratory that issued the reports. Nothing here waits on a reply, and a reply that arrives later is published in full beside the finding it answers.

A company can answer this record through the response form at any time; the reply is published here in full. Corrections policy

04Corrections

Request a correction

Send the task number, the field and the evidence. Every correction is logged and the record is republished with the change stated.

Open the correction formRequest another audit

Findings describe published certificates on the dates listed, and nothing about the products themselves. See the corrections log.