UNSPSC 51282502: Cefadroxil

This classification denotes a cephalosporin antibiotic with the molecular formula C16H17N3O5S.H2O, a preparation that US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier 280111G160, chemically known as 5-thia-1-azabicyclo(4.2.0)oct-2-ene-2-carboxylic acid, 7-((amino(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetyl)amino)-3-methyl-8-oxo-, (6r-(6-alpha,7-beta(r*)))- but generally known as cefadroxil, which bears US NIH Compound Identifier 2610. Cefadroxil most often comes in base, hydrate, and hemihydrate forms.

UNSPSC 51282502 Cefadroxil, a Commodity code, nominally identifies a single antibiotic product but shows little recent procurement activity aligned with that scope. The two most recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code involve pharmaceutical procurement and opioid-overdose response products — Doxycycline Hyclate and Ciprofloxacin tablets in one case, and Naloxone with drug deactivation systems in the other — neither of which is cefadroxil. State and local health departments and county public-health agencies are the primary buyers using this code, though the tagging appears to reflect broader pharmaceutical-procurement activity rather than specific sourcing for cefadroxil itself. When state and local procurement offices post pharmaceutical opportunities, they often tag them to available commodity codes even when the nominated product differs from the code's nominal scope, creating a mismatch between the code name and the work actually being solicited.

The Illinois Department of Public Health awarded a $2,999,999.11 pharmaceutical warehouse piggyback contract through MMCAP Infuse to Chartwell Rx LLC on August 28, 2026 (solicitation 26482DPHPREPDB53392) for Doxycycline Hyclate 100mg and Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride 500mg tablets across a 12-month initial term with two optional renewal years; this was an Invitation for Bid process, now closed. Seminole County, Florida posted an IFB (60459723LAS) on June 30, 2026 for 1,900 units of Naloxone and 800 Safe Drug Deactivation Systems annually with a July 26, 2023 response deadline, requiring quarterly deliveries to the Seminole County Community Health Building in Sanford with all shipping included. The narrow recent record and the mismatch between the code's pharmaceutical specificity and the actual scope of posted opportunities suggest this Commodity code sees limited pursuit-worthy activity at present for vendors focused on cefadroxil supply.