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Knobbe Martens Client InterMune Receives FDA Approval for Esbriet® (pirfenidone) for the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) in the United States

October 20, 2014  | Joseph Mallon, Ph.D., Ryan E. Melnick, Ph.D., Kimberly J. Miller, Ph.D., Agnes Juang, Ph.D., Kerry S. Taylor, Ph.D., William Zimmerman, Rose M. Thiessen, Ph.D., Jing Liu, Jane Dai, Ph.D., Nathanael Luman, Ph.D., Victor C. Vassar and Vijay Gore, Ph.D.

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Knobbe Martens Client InterMune Receives FDA Approval for Esbriet® (pirfenidone) for the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) in the United States Headshot

Joseph Mallon, Ph.D.
Partner
San Diego
joseph.mallon@knobbe.com
858-707-4000
Knobbe Martens Client InterMune Receives FDA Approval for Esbriet® (pirfenidone) for the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) in the United States Headshot

Ryan E. Melnick, Ph.D.
Partner
San Diego
ryan.melnick@knobbe.com
858-707-4000
Knobbe Martens Client InterMune Receives FDA Approval for Esbriet® (pirfenidone) for the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) in the United States Headshot

Kimberly J. Miller, Ph.D.
Partner
San Diego
kimberly.miller@knobbe.com
858-707-4000
Knobbe Martens Client InterMune Receives FDA Approval for Esbriet® (pirfenidone) for the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) in the United States Headshot

Agnes Juang, Ph.D.
Partner
Orange County
agnes.juang@knobbe.com
949-760-0404
Knobbe Martens Client InterMune Receives FDA Approval for Esbriet® (pirfenidone) for the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) in the United States Headshot

William Zimmerman
Partner
Washington DC
bill.zimmerman@knobbe.com
202-640-6400
Knobbe Martens Client InterMune Receives FDA Approval for Esbriet® (pirfenidone) for the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) in the United States Headshot

Jane Dai, Ph.D.
Partner
San Diego
jane.dai@knobbe.com
858-707-4000
Knobbe Martens Client InterMune Receives FDA Approval for Esbriet® (pirfenidone) for the Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) in the United States Headshot

Nathanael Luman, Ph.D.
Partner
San Diego
nate.luman@knobbe.com
858-707-4000

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