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Schering AG was a research-centered German pharmaceutical company headquartered in Wedding, Berlin. In 2006 it was bought by Bayer AG and merged to form the Bayer subsidiary Bayer Schering Pharma AG. The company was renamed Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals in 2011. The American pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough, formerly the Schering Corporation, was originally the US subsidiary of Schering AG, and merged with Merck & Co. in 2009. Schering was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. ==History== It was founded in 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering (1824–1889) and merged with Bayer's pharma sector in December 2006. The company's headquarters was in Berlin-Wedding, Germany (part of West Berlin during the Cold War). In North America, Schering operated mainly under the Berlex Laboratories brand. At the time of the merger, the company employed more than 26,000 people in 140 subsidiaries worldwide. Schering's annual gross revenue was nearly €5 billion (2003). Schering AG focused on the business areas of gynaecology, andrology, multiple sclerosis, oncology, and contrast agents. Schering best-known products are probably its brands of combined oral contraceptive pills. Other key products included the interferon-beta brand Betaferon (Betaseron in North America) and the paramagnetic contrast agent Magnevist. The largest German manufacturing facility was located in Bergkamen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Schering AG」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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