Wednesday 6 August 2008

BRIDION(R) (sugammadex) Injection - First And Only Selective Relaxant Binding Agent - Approved In European Union

�Schering-Plough
Corporation (NYSE: SGP) announced that the European Commission (EC)
has approved BRIDION(R) (sugammadex) injection, the first and only
selective relaxant ski binding agent (SRBA) and the first major pharmaceutical
nesthetic
operation or during surgery, grimacing, or nurseling on the endotracheal
tube. In a few individuals, allergic-like reactions (i.e. flushing,
erythematous rash) undermentioned sugammadex were reported.



About ESMERON





ESMERON (rocuronium bromide) is a non-depolarizing muscle relaxant. It
was introduced in Europe 1994 and is one of the nigh widely used muscle
relaxants in the United States, Canada (where it is marketed under the
brand name ZEMURON) and many European countries. It was approved for use in
Japan in July 2007 under the brand cite ESLAX.





For full Prescribing Information please go to http://www.esmeron.com.



About Schering-Plough





Schering-Plough is an innovation-driven, science-centered world health
tending company. Through its own biopharmaceutical research and collaborations
with partners, Schering-Plough creates therapies that help save and meliorate
lives around the earthly concern. The company applies its research-and-development
platform to human prescription and consumer products as well as to animal
health products. Schering-Plough's vision is to "Earn Trust, Every Day"
with the doctors, patients, customers and other stakeholders served by its
colleagues about the world. The ship's company is based in Kenilworth, N.J., USA,
and its Web site is hypertext transfer protocol://www.schering-plough.com.





SCHERING-PLOUGH DISCLOSURE NOTICE: The info in this press
release includes sure "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements
relating to the plans for, the potential of and the potential market for
BRIDION. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations or forecasts of
future events. Schering-Plough does not sham the indebtedness to update any
advanced statement. Many factors could cause actual results to
differ materially from Schering-Plough's forward-looking statements,
including market forces, economic factors, product availability, patent and
former intellectual property protection, stream and future branded, generic
or over-the-counter competition, the regulatory march, and whatsoever
developments following regulatory favourable reception, among other uncertainties. For
further details of these and other risks and uncertainties that may encroachment
forward-looking statements, see Schering-Plough's Securities and Exchange
Commission filings, including Item 1A, "Risk Factors" in the company's
first quarter 2008 10-Q.




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