Interferon beta

Brand name: Betaferon

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 CNS

Secondary class Multiple sclerosis

FDA approval 1993

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