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Pirfenidone

Pirfenidone · PIRFENIDONE 267 mg/1 · Tablet · Oral · Apotex Corp.

NDC 60505-4681-07 · 270 TABLET in 1 BOTTLE · ANDA · View full market →

The short version

4 companies supply this market — a reasonable cushion if one runs into trouble. The price has fallen 50% in a year, to $0.7165 per unit — and generics that get this cheap tend to get abandoned rather than defended. Put together: this looks like a healthy supply — the boring kind, which is exactly what you want.

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One drug, every price

The same NDC has different prices depending on who is paying. Units differ between rungs — compare within a rung over time, not rung against rung, unless the units match.

ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
  • CMS NADAC (pharmacy acquisition, weekly)
  • CMS Part B ASP quarterly payment limits
  • CMS Maximum Fair Prices (IRA negotiated, NDC-level)
  • Medicare Part D Spending by Drug (data.cms.gov, name-matched)
  • VA FSS / Big4 federal contract prices (va.gov, twice monthly)
  • ACA Federal Upper Limits + weighted AMP (data.medicaid.gov, monthly)
  • California SB-17 WAC filings (list price, per package)
Method

Each rung is the newest figure for this NDC from one federal price system, shown with its own unit. Part D is matched by drug name because CMS publishes no NDCs there; it is gross spending, before confidential rebates.

Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.

  • Pharmacies pay (NADAC)$0.7165per EAinvoice-surveyed acquisition cost · Aug 19, 2026
  • Part D plans paid (avg)$16.17per dosage unitgross, before rebates — matched by drug name · 2024
  • Medicaid generic ceiling (FUL)$6.65per TABweighted avg manufacturer price $3.8020 · Nov 1, 2024929% of what pharmacies pay — higher than 95% of drugs with this benchmark

Medicare Part D

No Medicare Part D plan in CMS's quarterly files lists this product. That usually means it is discontinued, a repackager's listing, or a product no plan has added to its formulary.

How Part D pricing works →

NADAC price per unit

$0$1.00$2.00$3.00Jul 2024Sep 2026$0.7165
24 price points · per EASource: CMS NADAC

Estimated fill cost

#30 count
$21.49
#90 count
$64.48

Estimates: latest NADAC unit price × quantity. Pharmacy acquisition cost only — excludes dispensing fees, markup, and insurance terms.

Supply fragility

20Low risk

Some pressure is visible, but not much — here’s everything the score found to count.

  • 4 active manufacturers+5
  • price down 47% year over year+15

The score counts pressure that is already visible — fewer makers, shortages, recalls, falling prices. 0 means none of it; 100 means all of it at once. Recomputed daily · as of Sep 3, 2026

90-day shortage risk (model v2)

0.1%chance of a new FDA shortage posting for pirfenidone (oral solid) in the next 90 days

sole-source market

For scale: the typical drug’s chance is about 0.1% — this one is in ordinary territory.

Backtested statistical model over the whole market, not this package alone. Model details →

Is this a "specialty" drug?

There's no legal definition — it meets 1 of 6 public criteria. Why that matters →

  • Part D specialty tier
  • Costs ≥ $950/fill · avg $2,218.82 per prescription
  • Biologic (BLA)
  • Injectable / infused
  • Orphan-drug exclusivity
  • REMS program

Regulatory

Application
ANDA212709
TE code
AB
Approval date
May 31, 2023
Patents / exclusivity
None on file

Shortage history

No FDA shortage reports for this drug or its presentations.

Recalls (this NDC)

No enforcement reports list this package NDC.

Manufacturers of Pirfenidone (Tablet)

LabelerStrengthFirst seenLast seen
Apotex Corp.PIRFENIDONE 267 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Apotex Corp.PIRFENIDONE 801 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Aurobindo Pharma LimitedPIRFENIDONE 801 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Aurobindo Pharma LimitedPIRFENIDONE 267 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Golden State Medical Supply, Inc.PIRFENIDONE 267 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
Golden State Medical Supply, Inc.PIRFENIDONE 801 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
ScieGen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.PIRFENIDONE 267 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026
ScieGen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.PIRFENIDONE 801 mg/1Jul 15, 2026Sep 2, 2026

Roster from daily NDC Directory diffs — first/last seen dates start July 2026.

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