InterMune, Inc. today reported that on October 16, 2008, 2008, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) approved the New Drug Application (J-NDA) submitted by Shionogi & Co. Ltd. to market pirfenidone for the treatment of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in Japan. Pirfenidone was developed in Japan for the treatment of IPF by Shionogi, which has rights to pirfenidone in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea.
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