''Medical News Schering'' (German: ''Medizinische Mitteilungen Schering'') was a

medical journal A medical journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that communicates medical information to physicians, other health professionals. Journals that cover many medical specialties are sometimes called general medical journals. History The first ...

published by the medical research division of the pharmaceutical company

Schering AG Schering AG was a research-centered German multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Wedding, Berlin, which operated as an independent company from 1851 to 2006. In 2006, it was bought by Bayer AG and merged to form the Bayer subsi ...

(now

Bayer Bayer AG (, commonly pronounced ; ) is a German multinational corporation, multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Headquartered in Leverkusen, Bayer's areas of busi ...

) from 1929 to 1980. It was originally published in German under the title ''Medizinische Mitteilungen'' from 1929 to 1971, and under the title ''Medizinische Mitteilungen Schering'' from 1972 to 1980. From 1957 it was also published in English under the title ''Medical News'' and later as ''Medical News Schering''. The German version appeared biannually, the English version with irregular frequency. It was distributed free of charge to doctors, and thus had a significant readership and influence in central Europe in the early and mid 20th century. It has been described as an early and influential example of pharmaceutical companies publishing their own medical journals to give greater scientific legitimacy to their products.Jean-Paul Gaudillière, ''The Development of Scientific Marketing in the Twentieth Century: Research for Sales in the Pharmaceutical Industry'', p. 218,

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, 2015, The journal mainly published articles on

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and drug development, but also articles on more general medical topics and the history of medicine. The journal is partially indexed in

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Pharmacology journals Academic journals established in 1929 Publications disestablished in 1980