Below is a press release from Intermune, the company that makes Pirfenidone. They have essentially reviewed the various clinical trials going on, and decided that Pirfenidone is safe and well tolerated. That would pretty much go along with what we've observed in the HPS community as well. We have a few folks that have been on the drug since the late 90s and continue to do well. Of course, as a journalist, I do have to say consider the source - but at the same time, as someone in a Pirfenidone trial, it's good to know. Results of Comprehensive Safety Analysis of pirfenidone In IPF Patients Presented At European Respiratory Meeting - Analysis shows safety and tolerability of pirfenidone across four clinical trials - VIENNA, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InterMune, Inc. (Nasdaq: ITMN ) today announced that the results of a comprehensive review of safety data from four clinical studies were presented at the 2009 European Respiratory Society Annual Congress in Vienna, Austria...
Osterholz American High School was located in the village of Osterholz-Sharmbeck. The army post was actually several miles away at Garlstadt (and then the US military had a shipping port presence in Bremerhaven). For the first few months that we lived in Germany, before our mom found a house, we lived only a few blocks from downtown Osterholz in a hotel. We spent a lot of time in the village downtown area near this church. I wish I could remember how old the church is - it's very old - older than the United States is as a country if I remember correctly. Not surprisingly, it doesn't look like it's changed much. Still, it's fun to see it again.
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