Schering-Plough Announces Rodney Freeman Appointed Vice President, Global Supply Chain Management

KENILWORTH, N.J., March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Schering-Plough Corporation today announced that Rodney Freeman has been appointed vice president, Global Supply Chain Management. In this new role, Freeman will be responsible for planning, customer service, distribution and logistics for the company's global pharmaceutical business and Consumer Health Care division. He is based in Kenilworth and reports to Dr. Ian McInnes, senior vice president, Global Supply Chain.

Freeman was most recently executive director, Global Supply Chain Planning, providing strategic direction for all global supply chain planning activities. Freeman joined Schering-Plough in 1991 as a management associate and has held positions of increasing responsibility in manufacturing, global marketing and global supply chain management.

Freeman holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering and an M.B.A. from Duke University in Durham, N.C.

Schering-Plough is a global science-based health care company with leading prescription, consumer and animal health products. Through internal research and collaborations with partners, Schering-Plough discovers, develops, manufactures and markets advanced drug therapies to meet important medical needs. Schering-Plough's vision is to earn the trust of the physicians, patients and customers served by its more than 32,000 people around the world. The company is based in Kenilworth, N.J., and its Web site is http://www.schering-plough.com/.