Schering AG was a research-centered pharmaceutical company founded in 1851 that merged with Bayer in December 2006. At that time the company employed 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).
Schering AG focused on the business areas of gynaecology, andrology and oncology. Schering best-known product is probably its brands of combined oral contraceptive pills. The company was also involved in special therapeutics, diagnostical devices & nuclear medicine.
The company's founder was Ernst Schering (1824-1889).
The largest German manufacturing facility is located in Bergkamen. Schering used the Berlex Laboratories brand in the USA.
