“PHILADELPHIA – Patrick L. Meehan, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Jerry Pappert, Pennsylvania Attorney General, announced today that Schering Sales Corporation, a subsidiary of drug manufacturer Schering-Plough Corporation, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and to pay a fine of $52.5 million. Schering-Plough Corporation has agreed to pay more than $290 million to resolve its civil liabilities in connection with its illegal and fraudulent pricing of its blockbuster drug, Claritin.”