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Pirfenidone 801 MG Oral Tablet — RxCUI 1868018

RxNorm drug concept · Semantic clinical drug
RxCUI 1868018 Semantic clinical drug · SCD ● Current RxNorm concept 50 FDA products 70 package NDCs Snapshot Jul 14, 2026

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🗂️ Key Facts

RxCUI1868018
Official namePirfenidone 801 MG Oral Tablet
Concept typeSemantic clinical drug (SCD)
RxNorm statusCurrent RxNorm concept
FDA products mapped50
Package NDCs mapped70
Reported Medicaid activity (SDUD)340 prescriptions · 4 state & territory Medicaid programs · latest period Q4 2025
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Snapshot dataJul 14, 2026

📖 Skip the Codes — Read It in Plain English.

Our pharmacist-built guide to Pirfenidone: what it is, how it’s used, side effects, and interactions.

📗 Our plain-language guide HelloPharmacist
  • It treats idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, a lung disease where scarring builds up for no known reason. Esbriet and generic pirfenidone capsules and tablets are all labeled f...
  • Take it by mouth three times a day with food, at about the same times each day. You’ll start low and build up over about 14 days. If you miss a dose, don’t double up, and never tak...
  • Nausea, rash, stomach pain, diarrhea, tiredness and decreased appetite are common. Stomach effects are usually worst in the first few months and often ease. Tell us if they get bot...
  • Yes. Pirfenidone can make your skin sensitive to sunlight. Avoid sun and sunlamps, wear sunscreen and cover up daily. Let your doctor know if you develop a rash.
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🕸️ Concept Web — How Pirfenidone 801 MG Oral Tablet Connects

One RxCUI never lives alone. Follow the path from the raw ingredient down to the exact strength-and-form concepts FDA products carry — every stop is a real RxNorm concept with its own identifier. Hover or focus any chip for what it means.
This page's concept Pirfenidone 801 MG Oral Tablet RxCUI 1868018

Every web starts here: one RxCUI, one fixed meaning in the RxNorm vocabulary.

  1. Ingredients 1

    The active substance itself — no strength, form, or brand attached yet.

    • Pirfenidone 1592254
  2. Brand names 1

    The same medicine's trade names. A brand name alone says nothing about strength or form.

    • Esbriet 1592280
  3. Dose forms 9

    The ingredient poured into a form — tablet, solution, cream — still without one fixed strength.

    • Pirfenidone Oral Tablet 1868013
    • Pirfenidone Oral Product 1592276
    • Pirfenidone Pill 1592277
    • Pirfenidone Oral Tablet [Esbriet] 1868015
    • Esbriet Oral Product 1592283
    • Esbriet Pill 1592284
    • Oral Tablet 317541
    • Oral Product 1151131
    • +1 more in this family
  4. Clinical & branded drugs 3

    Ingredient + strength + dose form. These are the concepts real FDA products actually carry.

Showing up to 8 concepts per family — 13 of 14 stored related concepts drawn.
These are official RxNorm vocabulary relationships — how concepts name and organize the same medicine. They do not establish therapeutic equivalence or substitutability: two concepts appearing in one web is never a statement that products can be swapped.

🔀 Generic ⇄ Brand Crosswalk

The same medicine has an unbranded (generic) identity and one or more brand-name identities — each with its own RxCUI. This is a naming relationship in RxNorm, not a statement that any two products are substitutable.

Generic (Clinical) Concepts

  • Pirfenidone 801 MG SCDC · 1868017
  • Pirfenidone Oral Tablet SCDF · 1868013
  • Pirfenidone Oral Product SCDG · 1592276
  • Pirfenidone Pill SCDG · 1592277

Brand-Name Concepts

  • Pirfenidone 801 MG Oral Tablet [Esbriet] SBD · 1868020
  • Pirfenidone 801 MG [Esbriet] SBDC · 1868019
  • Pirfenidone Oral Tablet [Esbriet] SBDF · 1868015
  • Esbriet Oral Product SBDG · 1592283
  • Esbriet Pill SBDG · 1592284
  • Esbriet BN · 1592280

📦 FDA Products & Package NDCs

50 products · 70 package NDCs
70 package NDCs map to RxCUI 1868018 in the current snapshot — up to 50 per page. Each linked NDC opens its full package page.
Package NDC Package Brand / generic name Labeler Marketing start
00480-3610-87 270 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (0480-3610-87) Pirfenidone Teva Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2022-05-11
00480-3611-98 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (0480-3611-98) Pirfenidone Teva Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2022-05-11
00781-8085-32 270 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 CARTON (0781-8085-32) Pirfenidone Sandoz Inc 2022-05-02
00781-8086-92 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (0781-8086-92) Pirfenidone Sandoz Inc 2022-05-02
00904-7397-53 3 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (0904-7397-53) / 90 TABLET, FILM COATE... PIRFENIDONE MAJOR PHARMACEUTICALS 2024-03-02
00904-7398-89 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (0904-7398-89) PIRFENIDONE MAJOR PHARMACEUTICALS 2024-03-02
16729-0467-85 3 BOTTLE, PLASTIC in 1 CARTON (16729-467-85) / 90 TABLET, F... PIRFENIDONE Accord Healthcare Inc. 2022-05-27
16729-0468-15 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC (16729-468-15) PIRFENIDONE Accord Healthcare Inc. 2022-05-27
31722-0872-27 3 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (31722-872-27) / 90 TABLET, FILM COATE... Pirfenidone Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2022-09-21
31722-0873-90 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (31722-873-90) Pirfenidone Camber Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2022-09-21
42291-0491-27 3 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (42291-491-27) / 90 TABLET, FILM COATE... Pirfenidone AvKARE 2023-10-18
42291-0492-09 1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (42291-492-09) / 90 TABLET, FILM COATE... Pirfenidone AvKARE 2023-10-18
42385-0923-29 270 CAPSULE in 1 BOTTLE (42385-923-29) Pirfenidone Laurus Labs Limited 2022-07-19
42385-0923-54 4 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (42385-923-54) / 63 CAPSULE in 1... Pirfenidone Laurus Labs Limited 2022-07-19
42385-0923-63 2 BLISTER PACK in 1 CARTON (42385-923-63) / 21 BLISTER PACK... Pirfenidone Laurus Labs Limited 2022-07-19
42385-0924-99 3 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (42385-924-99) / 90 TABLET, FILM COATE... Pirfenidone Laurus Labs Limited 2022-07-19
42385-0925-90 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (42385-925-90) Pirfenidone Laurus Labs Limited 2022-07-19
42385-0926-90 90 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 BOTTLE (42385-926-90) Pirfenidone Laurus Labs Limited 2022-07-19
42571-0335-39 3 TABLET, FILM COATED in 1 CARTON (42571-335-39) Pirfenidone Micro Labs Limited 2022-12-01
42571-0335-90 90 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (42571-335-90) / 90 TABLET, FILM COAT... Pirfenidone Micro Labs Limited 2022-12-01
42571-0336-90 90 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (42571-336-90) / 90 TABLET, FILM COAT... Pirfenidone Micro Labs Limited 2022-12-01
46708-0479-27 270 TABLET, COATED in 1 BOTTLE (46708-479-27) Pirfenidone Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited 2022-11-22
46708-0479-64 3 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (46708-479-64) / 90 TABLET, COATED in... Pirfenidone Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited 2022-06-10
46708-0479-71 500 TABLET, COATED in 1 BOTTLE (46708-479-71) Pirfenidone Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited 2022-06-10
46708-0480-71 500 TABLET, COATED in 1 BOTTLE (46708-480-71) Pirfenidone Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited 2022-06-10
46708-0480-90 90 TABLET, COATED in 1 BOTTLE (46708-480-90) Pirfenidone Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited 2022-06-10
50228-0442-10 1000 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (50228-442-10) PIRFENIDONE ScieGen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2022-08-01
50228-0442-30 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (50228-442-30) PIRFENIDONE ScieGen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2022-08-01
50228-0443-05 500 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (50228-443-05) PIRFENIDONE ScieGen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2022-08-01
50228-0443-30 30 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (50228-443-30) PIRFENIDONE ScieGen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2022-08-01
50242-0122-06 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC in 1 CARTON (50242-122-06) / 270 TABLET,... ESBRIET Genentech, Inc. 2018-01-22
50242-0123-01 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC in 1 CARTON (50242-123-01) / 90 TABLET, C... ESBRIET Genentech, Inc. 2017-01-11
51407-0913-27 270 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (51407-913-27) Pirfenidone Golden State Medical Supply, Inc. 2024-04-30
51407-0914-90 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (51407-914-90) Pirfenidone Golden State Medical Supply, Inc. 2024-04-30
59651-0238-27 3 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (59651-238-27) / 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE... Pirfenidone Aurobindo Pharma Limited 2025-08-11
59651-0239-90 1 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (59651-239-90) / 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE Pirfenidone Aurobindo Pharma Limited 2025-08-11
60219-1640-08 3 BOTTLE, PLASTIC in 1 CARTON (60219-1640-8) / 90 TABLET, F... Pirfenidone Amneal Pharmaceuticals NY LLC 2022-03-29
60219-1641-09 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC in 1 CARTON (60219-1641-9) / 90 TABLET, F... Pirfenidone Amneal Pharmaceuticals NY LLC 2022-03-29
60505-4681-07 270 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (60505-4681-7) Pirfenidone Apotex Corp. 2024-04-09
60505-4681-09 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (60505-4681-9) Pirfenidone Apotex Corp. 2024-04-09
60505-4682-09 90 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE (60505-4682-9) Pirfenidone Apotex Corp. 2024-04-09
62332-0479-27 270 TABLET, COATED in 1 BOTTLE (62332-479-27) Pirfenidone Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2022-11-22
62332-0479-64 3 BOTTLE in 1 CARTON (62332-479-64) / 90 TABLET, COATED in... Pirfenidone Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2022-06-10
62332-0479-71 500 TABLET, COATED in 1 BOTTLE (62332-479-71) Pirfenidone Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2022-06-10
62332-0480-71 500 TABLET, COATED in 1 BOTTLE (62332-480-71) Pirfenidone Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2022-06-10
62332-0480-90 90 TABLET, COATED in 1 BOTTLE (62332-480-90) Pirfenidone Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. 2022-06-10
69097-0987-05 90 TABLET, COATED in 1 BOTTLE (69097-987-05) Pirfenidone Cipla USA Inc. 2022-08-02
69097-0987-93 270 TABLET, COATED in 1 BOTTLE (69097-987-93) Pirfenidone Cipla USA Inc. 2022-08-02
69097-0988-05 90 TABLET, COATED in 1 BOTTLE (69097-988-05) Pirfenidone Cipla USA Inc. 2022-08-02
69097-0988-93 270 TABLET, COATED in 1 BOTTLE (69097-988-93) Pirfenidone Cipla USA Inc. 2022-08-02
Observed labelers: Laurus Labs Limited (6) · Alembic Pharmaceuticals Inc. (5) · Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited (5) · Novadoz Pharmaceuticals LLC (5) · Amneal Pharmaceuticals NY LLC (4) · Cipla USA Inc. (4) · +17 more — this is the FDA-listed mapping footprint, not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.

🗃️ Sources & Limits

Atlas generation902fddb9-e9c1-4004-bf4c-dba4d51037c7
openFDA export observedJul 14, 2026
RxNorm release07/06/2026
Methodology2026-07-full-catalog-v1
  • A shared RxCUI does not prove interchangeability. Products mapped to the same concept are not thereby equivalent or substitutable — equivalence is a separate, product-level determination.
  • Listing here does not establish approval or coverage. Appearing in this snapshot is a data observation, not an FDA approval status or a payer coverage decision.
  • Missing data never means zero. A silent dataset (no price, no billing code, no utilization) means no observation — not that the real-world value is zero.
  • Counts describe the mapping footprint. Product, package, and labeler counts are the FDA-listed mapping footprint in this snapshot — not sales, inventory, availability, or market share.
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