UNSPSC 51151651: Methixene or metixene

This classification denotes an antiparkinsonian agent with the molecular formula C20H23NS, a preparation that US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier 32VY6L26ZW, chemically known as 1-pipecoline, 3-(thioxanthen-9-yl)methyl-, hydrochloride but generally known as methixene, which bears US NIH Compound Identifier 4167. European Medicines Agency schedules Metixene in its eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary or XEVMPD under Index SUB08897MIG. The term METHIXENE is an International Non-Proprietary Name.

World Health Organization schedules methixene in its Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification. Methixene or metixene bears US NLM identifiers UMLS ID C0066139 and NCI Concept Code C74162. SMILES: CN1CCCC(C1)CC2C3=CC=CC=C3SC4=CC=CC=C24.

UNSPSC 51151651 Methixene or metixene is a Commodity code that shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunity tagged to this code—Seminole County, Florida's solicitation for naloxone and drug deactivation systems—addresses public health response supplies with no connection to methixene, an anticholinergic medication used in specialized clinical contexts. The mismatch suggests either a classification error in the jurisdiction's tagging or a deliberate cross-reference that the source does not explain. State and local governments soliciting under this code appear to source emergency response pharmaceuticals and harm-reduction equipment rather than the narrow pharmaceutical class the code nominally describes.

Seminole County issued the sole recent opportunity on record: IFB 60459723LAS, posted June 30, 2026, with a response deadline of July 26, 2023 (date discrepancy in source), seeking 1,900 units of naloxone and 800 safe drug deactivation systems annually through competitive bidding with quarterly deliveries to the Seminole County Community Health Building in Sanford, Florida. The contract carries a two-year initial term with one-year renewal option and requires compliance with E-Verify, drug-free workplace certification, and federal regulations including Clean Air Act and Federal Water Pollution Control Act, with potential FEMA funding. No other recent opportunities appear under this code, indicating either dormant activity or systematic tagging misalignment across the state and local procurement universe.