Schering-Plough Reports Financial Results for 2007 Fourth Quarter,...(steroid for allergiesrose 7 percent to $...)

Sales of PEGINTRON for hepatitis C increased 15 percent to $239 million in the 2007 fourth quarter due to higher sales in Latin America and emerging markets across Europe, and tempered by lower sales in Japan and the United States.

Sales of TEMODAR, a treatment for certain types of brain tumors, grew 23 percent to $234 million due to increased sales across geographic regions, including Japan, where the product was launched in September 2006.

Sales of OBS human pharmaceutical products for the period Nov. 19 through Dec. 31, 2007, include $57 million for FOLLISTIM, a fertility treatment, and $45 million for NUVARING, a contraceptive product.

Global sales of CLARINEX, a nonsedating antihistamine, in the fourth quarter of 2007 were $174 million, up 6 percent as compared to sales of $164 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. Higher sales of CLARINEX in international markets were partially offset by lower sales in the United States. International sales of prescription CLARITIN were $93 million in the fourth quarter of 2007, a 19 percent increase compared to sales of $78 million in the fourth quarter of 2006.

Sales of the antibiotic AVELOX were up 12 percent to $115 million as a result of increased market share. The growth rate for AVELOX in the 2007 fourth quarter was affected by lower demand as a result of a mild U.S. respiratory infection season.

Consumer Health Care sales were $254 million in the 2007 fourth quarter, up 24 percent versus the 2006 period. The increase was primarily due to sales of MIRALAX, which was launched in February 2007 as the first Rx-to-OTC switch in the laxative category in more than 30 years, and higher sales of OTC CLARITIN.

Animal Health sales totaled $507 million in the 2007 fourth quarter. Sales for the qua
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