- Applications:Oral, Drug Delivery & Care Solutions
- Product Families:Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), Pharmaceutical Actives & Precursors
Pirfenidone is an orally active synthetic antifibrotic agent structurally similar to pyridine 2,4-dicarboxylate. Pirfenidone inhibits fibroblast, epidermal, platelet-derived, and transforming beta-1 growth factors, thereby slowing tumor cell proliferation.