Schering AG
Slogan	Making medicine work
Type	Public
Founded	1851
Headquarters	Berlin-Wedding, Germany
Key people	Hubertus Erlen, CEO
Industry	Pharmaceutical
Products	Gynaecology & Andrology Special therapeutics Diagnostical devices & Nuclear medicine Oncology
Revenue	€ 5 billion (2003)
Employees	26,000 (2004)
Website	www.schering.de

For the American pharmaceutical company created by seizure of assets from Schering AG during World War II, see Schering-Plough.

Schering AG (FWB:SCH, NYSE: SHR) is a research-centered pharmaceutical company founded in 1851. It employs more than 26,000 people in 140 subsidiaries all over the world. The company's headquarters are in Berlin-Wedding, Germany. Schering's annual gross revenue was nearly € 5 billion (2003). Image File history File links Schering_logo. ... Look up Slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by a relatively few individuals. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Wedding (German der Wedding) is a district in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany and was a separate borough in northwestern Berlin until it was fused with Tiergarten and Mitte in 2001. ... Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon is drug, and logos is science) is the study of how chemical substances interfere with living systems. ... The shamefulness associated with the examination of female genitalia has long inhibited the science of gynaecology. ... Andrology (from the Greek andros, man) is the medical specialty that deals with male health, particularly relating to the problems of the male reproductive system and urological problems that are unique to men. ... Nuclear medicine is a branch of medicine and medical imaging that uses unsealed radioactive substances in diagnosis and therapy. ... Oncology is the medical subspecialty dealing with the study and treatment of cancer. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... Schering-Plough Corporation is a pharmaceutical company started in Germany by Ernst Schering in 1851. ... The German term Aktiengesellschaft (IPA /aktsiÉ™ngÉ™zεlʃaft/) (abbreviated AG) means a corporation which is limited by shares, , owned by shareholders. ... The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (outside) The DAX chart (inside) The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (German: FWB® Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) is a stock exchange located in Frankfurt, Germany. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world in dollar volume and second largest by number of companies listed. ... A pharmaceutical company, or drug company, is a company licensed to discover, develop, market and distribute drugs. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Wedding (German der Wedding) is a district in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany and was a separate borough in northwestern Berlin until it was fused with Tiergarten and Mitte in 2001. ...

Schering AG focuses on the following business areas:

• Gynaecology & andrology
• Special therapeutics
• Diagnostical devices & nuclear medicine
• Oncology

The company's founder was Ernst Schering. The shamefulness associated with the examination of female genitalia has long inhibited the science of gynaecology. ... Andrology (from the Greek andros, man) is the medical specialty that deals with male health, particularly relating to the problems of the male reproductive system and urological problems that are unique to men. ... Nuclear medicine is a branch of medicine and medical imaging that uses unsealed radioactive substances in diagnosis and therapy. ... Oncology is the medical subspecialty dealing with the study and treatment of cancer. ...

The largest German manufacturing facility is located in Bergkamen. Bergkamen is a town and a municipality in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...

Schering best-known product is probably the birth control pill. Oral contraceptives are chemicals taken by mouth to inhibit normal fertility. ...

Schering uses the Berlex Laboratories brand in the USA. // Introduction Berlex Laboratories, Incorporated is a research-based pharmaceutical company headquartered in Montville, New Jersey with operations in Wayne, New Jersey; Bothell, Washington; Seattle, Washington; and Richmond, California. ...

Bayer's Takeover Bid

On March 13, 2006, Merck KGaA announced a €14.6bn bid for Schering [1]. The offer document is due to be issued in early April 2006. March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Merck KGaA is a German based pharmaceutical company. ...

Merck's takeover bid was surpassed by Bayer's $19.5B white-knight bid for Schering on March 23, 2006. In June 2006 Bayer finally bought the majority of shares, over 90%. A domination agreement is pending. Bayer AG (German pronunciation BYE-er, in US usually pronounced BAY-er) (NYSE: BAY, TYO: 4863 ) is a German chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in 1863. ... In business, a white knight may be a corporation, a private company, or a person that intends to help another firm. ...

External link

• Schering AG. Retrieved on December 21, 2005.