Pirfenidone drug class?

What drug class is pirfenidone in?

Pirfenidone is an oral antifibrotic agent used for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). It is classified as an anti-fibrotic medicine.

What condition is pirfenidone used to treat?

Pirfenidone is used in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic, progressive lung scarring (fibrosis) disease.

How does pirfenidone’s mechanism fit its “antifibrotic” class?

As an antifibrotic drug, pirfenidone works to slow or reduce the processes that lead to lung tissue scarring. Its therapeutic use is tied to that anti-fibrosis effect in IPF.