UNSPSC 51282409: Piperacillin

This classification denotes an extended spectrum penicillin antibiotic with the molecular formula C23H27N5O7S, a preparation that US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier 9I628532GX, chemically known as 6-(d-(-)-alpha-(4-ethyl-2,3-dioxo-1-piperazinecarboxamido)phenylacetamido)penicillanic acid but generally known as piperacillin, which bears US NIH Compound Identifier 43672. European Medicines Agency schedules Piperacillin in its eXtended EudraVigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary or XEVMPD under Index SUB09867MIG.

UNSPSC 51282409 Piperacillin is a Commodity code for a specific antibiotic pharmaceutical product, but the recent state and local solicitation activity tagged to this code shows a mismatch with its nominal scope. The two posted opportunities reference different pharmaceuticals entirely — one an Illinois Department of Public Health piggyback award for Doxycycline Hyclate and Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride through the MMCAP Infuse consortium, and a second a Seminole County, Florida procurement for Naloxone and drug deactivation systems. Neither involves piperacillin. When state and local procurement systems tag opportunities to pharmaceutical commodity codes, the tagging often reflects therapeutic category or contracting vehicle rather than the specific active ingredient, making this code a proxy for broader pharmaceutical purchasing activity across health departments, county health systems, and public health agencies.

The geographic activity under this code reflects scattered health-sector procurement across at least Florida and Illinois, with issuing bodies including state health departments and county public health authorities. The Illinois Department of Public Health awarded a $2,999,999.11 piggyback contract to Chartwell Rx LLC on August 28, 2026, via IFB for a 12-month initial term with two renewal options, covering pharmaceutical warehouse supply through MMCAP Infuse. Seminole County posted an IFB (IFB60459723LAS) on June 30, 2026, with a July 26, 2023 response deadline for annual supply of 1,900 units of Naloxone and 800 drug deactivation systems with quarterly deliveries to the Seminole County Community Health Building in Sanford, Florida; the contract structure offered a two-year initial term with one renewal option. The mismatch between the code name and actual commodities being procured suggests this code receives limited relevant recent activity for piperacillin specifically.