It is used in pharmaceutical quality control particularly in analytical techniques like HPLC to detect identify and quantify impurities in ticagrelor drug substances and formulations.

It has no therapeutic effect. Its purpose is to serve as a reference impurity standard for analytical studies.

Ticagrelor Impurity E is a minor chemical impurity formed during the synthesis or degradation of Ticagrelor. It has a structure similar to the parent drug with slight chemical variations.