UNSPSC 50501516: Ergocalciferol

This classification denotes a vitamin d with the molecular formula C28H44O, a preparation that US FDA recognizes as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier VS041H42XC, chemically known as 9,10-secoergosta-5,7,10(19),22-tetraen-3-ol, (3beta,5z,7e,22e)- but more generally known as ergocalciferol, which bears U.S. National Institutes of Health Compound Identifier 5280793. European Medicines Agency schedules Ergocalciferol in its eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary or XEVMPD under Index SUB06596MIG.

The term ERGOCALCIFEROL is an International Non-Proprietary Name. World Health Organization schedules ergocalciferol in its Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification and its WHO-DD or Drug Dictionary. ERGOCALCIFEROL is scheduled in the U.S. International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) Pharmaceutical Appendix.

UNSPSC 50501516 Ergocalciferol, a Commodity code, addresses the procurement of vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and related ergocalciferol products by state and local health agencies, public health departments, and institutional buyers. State and local governments use this code to acquire ergocalciferol for public health programs, nutritional supplementation initiatives, institutional food service, and pharmaceutical inventory management. The code spans both bulk pharmaceutical-grade ergocalciferol and packaged ergocalciferol supplements distributed through state health programs, school nutrition programs, and public health clinics.

The source material provided contains no recent state or local contract opportunities under this code. Without documented recent solicitations, geographic concentration and issuing-body patterns cannot be determined from the available data.