UNSPSC 51102872: Prednisolone/sulfacetamide

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 51102872 Prednisolone/sulfacetamide is a Commodity code nominally assigned to a specific pharmaceutical combination product, but recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show little alignment with that narrow scope. The Illinois Department of Public Health's piggyback pharmaceutical warehouse contract awarded to Chartwell Rx LLC in August 2026 procured Doxycycline Hyclate 100mg tablets and Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride 500mg tablets—neither matching the code's stated product—while a Seminole County, Florida IFB for Naloxone and Safe Drug Deactivation Systems similarly diverges from the prednisolone/sulfacetamide specification. The code appears to serve as a catch-all or misapplied tag for state and local pharmaceutical and health-supply procurement rather than a reliable indicator of actual product scope.

Activity under this code is sparse and geographically scattered across Florida and Illinois, with no clear pattern of repeat issuing bodies or concentrated demand. The Illinois award was a completed piggyback contract through the MMCAP Infuse consortium valued at $2,999,999.11 over the full contract term including renewals, with a 12-month initial period and renewal options; Seminole County's IFB sought annual quantities of 1,900 units of Naloxone and 800 Safe Drug Deactivation Systems with quarterly deliveries, structured as a two-year initial term plus one-year renewal option. Both opportunities used competitive bidding processes (IFB for the county, Invitation for Bid for the state agency), and neither applied set-asides or domestic-product preferences. The mismatch between the code's nominal product definition and the pharmaceutical and medical-supply categories actually being procured suggests that pursuit under this specific code should be informed by direct inquiry into the issuing agency's actual needs rather than reliance on the UNSPSC taxonomy.