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What the FDA labels say about taking them together

Elafibranor and fenofibric acid

Elafibranor's FDA label of August 11, 2026 names fenofibric acid in its drug interactions section; the fenofibric acid label PlainMeds reads does not name elafibranor. The elafibranor label: “Clinical impact; Co-administration of IQIRVO with other PPAR-alpha agonists may increase risk of liver injury and muscle injury.”

Check it at the source: the elafibranor FDA label on DailyMed (effective August 11, 2026, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.); the fenofibric acid FDA label on DailyMed (effective August 2, 2025, Aurobindo Pharma Limited).

What does the elafibranor label say about fenofibric acid?

Elafibranor label, drug interactions

Clinical impact; Co-administration of IQIRVO with other PPAR-alpha agonists (e.g., fenofibrate, fenofibric acid) may increase risk of liver injury and muscle injury.

Elafibranor label, warnings and precautions

Patients concomitantly taking peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPAR-alpha) agonists (e.g., fenofibrate, fenofibric acid) may have an increased risk of muscle injury.

Source: FDA drug label (IQIRVO), Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., effective August 11, 2026 (SPL set d78aa14f-6ec1-4b1d-a4ae-e48658137a25), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

What does the fenofibric acid label say about elafibranor?

Fenofibric acid's label (effective August 2, 2025) does not name elafibranor in these sections. A label lists what its studies and reports found; it is not a complete list.

Source: FDA drug label (FENOFIBRIC ACID), Aurobindo Pharma Limited, effective August 2, 2025 (SPL set 9ad201de-fa62-4c49-bc61-ee09b9ba434c), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

These are the labels' own sentences. PlainMeds does not grade interactions; a pharmacist or prescriber can say what they mean for one person's medicines.

Both medicines on the record

0Elafibranor generic labelers
7Fenofibric acid generic labelers
ElafibranorFenofibric acid
Labeled forn/aHigh cholesterol, High triglycerides
Boxed warningNoNo
Pharmacy cost (NADAC)n/a$0.286 per capsule 135 mg capsule
Shortage nowNo current entryNo current entry

Source: FDA NDC Directory, CMS NADAC of October 7, 2026 and the FDA Drug Shortage Database (FDA files October 8, 2026)

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