Pirfenidone induced liver injury: Drug safety alert from Norwegian Medicines Agency
Pirfenidone used in the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (scarring of the lung tissue). It is an inhibitor of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta (a factor which is involved in the proliferation and differentiation of cells) and it also inhibits the TNF-Alpha. Norway health authority (Norwegian Medicines Agency) identified a new safety alert for pirfenidone from…