Sandoz Launches First US Pirfenidone At-Risk After Court Triumphs

Esbriet Generic Launch Brings Competition To Narrow IPF Market

Sandoz has introduced the first generic version of Roche’s landmark treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Esbriet (pirfenidone), after downing the originator’s attempts to stymie its launch.

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The Federal Circuit told Genentech an injunction wasn't warranted • Source: Shutterstock

Fresh from a US court refusing to grant Roche’s Genentech a temporary injunction pending appeal of a comprehensive non-infringement ruling, Sandoz has launched at-risk the first US generic version of the originator’s Esbriet (pirfenidone) film-coated tablets to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Bolstering Sandoz’s respiratory portfolio, the launch also brings generic competition to one of only two drugs approved by the US...

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