UNSPSC 51102844: Dexamethasone/neomycin/polymyxin b

This classification denotes a combination drug defined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in its (VA's) National Drug File (NDF), which falls under VA Drug Class OP350. This VA Drug Class (OP350) classifies this compound as belonging to the group ANTI-INFECTIVE/ANTI-INFLAMMATORY COMBINATIONS, TOPICAL OPHTHALMIC.

UNSPSC 51102844 Dexamethasone/neomycin/polymyxin b is a Commodity code for specialty pharmaceutical products, but state and local governments are not actively soliciting the specific drug combination named in the code. Recent opportunities tagged under this code reflect instead procurement of other pharmaceutical products — naloxone and drug deactivation systems — suggesting either a mislabeling in the source data or minimal current activity in the narrow product category. When state and local agencies do purchase dexamethasone/neomycin/polymyxin b combinations, they are likely acquiring them through existing pharmaceutical warehouse contracts or cooperative purchasing agreements that consolidate multiple drug SKUs rather than through single-product solicitations.

State and local health departments and county health authorities are the primary buyers when this code appears. The only recent opportunity directly associated with the code is Seminole County, Florida's June 2026 IFB for naloxone and drug deactivation systems (IFB60459723LAS), which closed July 26, 2023, seeking 1,900 units of naloxone and 800 deactivation systems annually with quarterly deliveries. A second referenced opportunity—the Illinois Department of Public Health's August 2026 piggyback pharmaceutical warehouse award to Chartwell Rx LLC—was a completed contract for doxycycline hyclate and ciprofloxacin hydrochloride totaling $2,999,999.11 over three years, demonstrating how state health departments consolidate pharmaceutical procurement through established piggyback and consortium vehicles rather than issuing open solicitations for individual drug products. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the products actually being sourced suggests this Commodity code sees limited standalone procurement activity at the state and local level.