Drug Profile
Pirfenidone - Roche
Alternative Names: AMR-69; Deskar; Esbriet; Etuary; F-647; Pirespa; RG-6062; RO-0220912; S-7701; S-770108Latest Information Update: 05 Nov 2023
Price :
$50
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At a glance
- Originator KDL Gmbh; Marnac
- Developer AFT Pharmaceuticals; Beijing Continent Pharmaceutical; Il Dong; InterMune; Justus Liebig University Giessen; National Institute for Health Research; Roche; Shanghai Genomics; Shionogi; Stanford University; University of California at San Francisco; University of Liverpool; University of Manchester
- Class Anti-inflammatories; Antifibrotics; Heart failure therapies; Pyridones; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Collagen inhibitors; Cytokine inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Preregistration Interstitial lung diseases
- Phase II Acute lung injury; Heart failure; Lung transplant rejection; Pulmonary fibrosis
- Phase I Diabetic nephropathies
- Clinical Phase Unknown SARS-CoV-2 acute respiratory disease
- No development reported Graft-versus-host disease
- Discontinued Glomerulonephritis; Multiple sclerosis; Peritoneal fibrosis; Renal fibrosis; Retinal disorders; Scleroderma
Most Recent Events
- 05 Jul 2023 Pirfenidone is still in phase I trials for Diabetic nephropathies in China (GNI Pharma pipeline, July 2023)
- 31 Dec 2022 Roche Pharma completes a Clinical trials in SARS-COV-2 acute respiratory disease (In Adults, In the elderly) in Israel (PO) (NCT04653831)
- 16 Nov 2022 Genentech completes the phase II trial in Interstitial lung diseases (in patients with pulmonary fibrosis) in USA (PO) (NCT04461587)