UNSPSC 51143602: Niacin/pheniramine

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 CN550. This VA Drug Class (CN550) classifies this compound as belonging to the group ANTIVERTIGO AGENTS.

UNSPSC 51143602 Niacin/pheniramine is a Commodity code that does not align with recent state and local procurement activity. The three most recent opportunities tagged to this code—Seminole County's procurement of naloxone and drug deactivation systems, Texas HHS Commission's exploratory RFI on direct-to-manufacturer prescription programs, and the Minnesota Multistate Cooperative Purchasing Alliance's RFP for generic multi-source pharmaceuticals and OTC products—fall outside the scope of niacin and pheniramine procurement. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist distinct from niacin (a B vitamin) or pheniramine (an antihistamine); the Seminole County solicitation targets emergency response and drug safety infrastructure rather than pharmaceutical ingredients or formulations. The Texas RFI addresses pharmacy benefit program structure and manufacturer relationships at the state health plan level, and the Minnesota MMCAP RFP covers broad generic pharmaceutical and OTC categories distributed through established wholesalers. The tagging of these opportunities to UNSPSC 51143602 reflects a classification mismatch rather than active procurement demand for niacin or pheniramine products themselves.

State and local procurement activity under this code shows no relevant recent opportunities. The issuing bodies—Seminole County, Florida; Texas Health and Human Services Commission; and Minnesota Department of Administration on behalf of multiple state and local cooperative members—are representative of state health departments and county health systems, but their current procurements do not target the niacin or pheniramine product family. Business development professionals evaluating this code should treat the recent activity as a signal of administrative misclassification rather than market demand for the commodities the code nominally covers.