Sweden's Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency Authorizes Reimbursement of Esbriet® (pirfenidone)

InterMune, Inc.

today reported that the Swedish Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency (TLV) has included Esbriet® (pirfenidone) on Sweden's list of reimbursed drugs, making Esbriet the first medicine for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to be reimbursed in Sweden. This reimbursement applies for IPF patients with predicted forced vital capacity (FVC) less than 80%. The annualized list price of Esbriet in Sweden will be SEK 264,075, corresponding to more than $37,000 per patient per year.