Schering-Plough Corporation is a pharmaceutical company started in Germany by Ernst Schering in 1851. The company was originally a U.S. subsidiary of Schering AG but following the entry of the United States into World War II in 1941 U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered Schering AG's U.S. assets be seized, The company was placed under a government administratorship until 1952 when it was released and its assets sold to the private sector. In 1971 Schering Corporation merged with Plough, Inc. to form Schering Plough.

Today Schering Plough manufactures several pharmaceutical drugs, the most well-known of which are the allergy drugs Claritin and Clarinex, and through a collaboration with Merck & Co., Zetia, an anti-cholesterol drug.

Schering Plough also owns and operates the major foot care brand name Dr. Scholl's and the skin care line Coppertone.

Diversity

Schering Plough was named one of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers in 2004 by Working Mothers magazine.

External link

• Schering Plough Corporation Official Site (http://www.schering-plough.com/)
• Yahoo! - Schering-Plough Corporation Company Profile (http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/11/11326.html)