Date:3/9/2010

BRISBANE, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InterMune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITMN) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee (PADAC) voted 9-3 to recommend approval of Esbriet® (pirfenidone) for the treatment of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to reduce decline in lung function.  

IPF is a rare and fatal lung disease that affects approximately 200,000 people in the United States and Europe.  If approved by the FDA for commercialization, Esbriet would be the first medication to be made available to
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