Interferon alfa

Brand name: Roferon-A

DILI Likelihood

Score A — Well-Known Hepatotoxin

This drug is well known, well described, and well reported to cause either direct or idiosyncratic liver injury, with a characteristic signature.

More than 50 cases including case series have been described in the medical literature.

Classification

Primary class Antimicrobial

Secondary class Antiviral: HBV/HCV

FDA approval 1986

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