UNSPSC 51172428: Atropine/kaolin/phenobarbital

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 GA208. This VA Drug Class (GA208) classifies this compound as belonging to the group ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENTS.

UNSPSC 51172428 Atropine/kaolin/phenobarbital, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent activity directly tied to the specific drug combination named. State and local governments buying under this code do so primarily as part of larger pharmaceutical procurement programs—either through multi-state cooperative purchasing contracts for generic pharmaceuticals and OTC products, or as ancillary components within criminal justice specimen-collection and drug-testing service contracts. The issuing bodies span state health and human services departments (Texas HHS), state procurement offices administering cooperative purchasing vehicles (Minnesota Department of Administration), county criminal-justice supervision departments (Collin County, Texas), and participating local government facilities across multiple states in cooperative networks. The code itself does not map cleanly to recent high-activity solicitations; the most granular recent pharmaceutical procurements name thousands of generic drugs across broad product classes rather than this specific formulation.

Recent activity is geographically centered in Texas and the Upper Midwest, with secondary participation from states enrolled in multistate cooperative purchasing alliances. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued RFI HHS0017013 in April 2026 to solicit vendor capabilities for direct-to-manufacturer prescription programs serving state pharmacy benefit plans, a preliminary market-intelligence phase with no budget or award value specified. The Minnesota Department of Administration's Office of State Procurement, administering MMCAP, issued RFP S1070000015802 in January 2026 with proposals due March 26, 2026, to establish multi-award contracts for generic pharmaceuticals and OTC products distributed through three authorized wholesalers (AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and Morris & Dickson) to participating state and local facilities in Minnesota, Oregon, and other MMCAP members. Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department's RFP 2026-327, due July 23, 2026, for offender specimen collection and drug testing services valued at approximately $600,000 over two years (with three optional one-year renewals), includes immunoassay screening and LC/MS/MS or GC/MS confirmation of drug panels—work that may consume formulations classified under this code as part of the lab-testing process, though the RFP does not itemize specific pharmaceuticals or reagents required.