PRODUCTION OF DRUGS AT SCHERING-ADLERSHOF PLANT

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CIA-RDP83-00415R003400020005-6
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2
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December 14, 2016
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May 30, 2001
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5
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Publication Date: 
August 19, 1949
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REPORT
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? proved For elease 2001/09/06 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003400020005-6 CLASSIFICATION CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. INFORMATiON REPORT - CD NO.. 25X1A COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone) DATE DISTR. 19 Augus SUBJECT Production of Drugs at NO. OF PAGES 2 Schering-Ad/ershof Plant PLACE ACQUIRE DATE OF INFO. NO. OF ENCLS (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO 25X1X 1. Until the end of the ear the fired' Schering maintained various factories in Berlin. Its largest plant ear: located at Mtillerstrasse, Berlin-' edding (French Sector), where the maie administration is still naintained. This plant wan considerably damaged durine the war and then dismantled by the Soviets. Part of the eqeipmene was sant to Russia; the other part was transferred to the Schering pleet in Berlin-Adlerahof. The Russians have always displayed eeen interest in the Adlershof plants, Which hae been almost completey reamilt. In the first quarter of 1949 the number of employees rose feeem 900 to 1,200.- All econnections between Scherine=Adlershof and firms ie the '!estern Zonesuere deliberately cut off. The Adlershof plant belongs to the VVB-Phartavulth the main administration located on Trothaerstrasse 35, Hallo (Seale). It administers twelve east zonal factories. RIM ' . The director of the Schering plent in Acilershof, is Schermer, a convinced member of the SED, ffis professionalenow edge is limited hut his political zeal 1s strong, Me plant council of the plant was abolished and replaced by a directorate eeich is composed of members of the trade union appointed by Schemer. Ptordnent members of this directorate are Vornfett and Zuckerriedel, both convinced party member, whose job is the political surveillance of the eeployees. Both are generally considered to be members of the MVD. 25X1A 4. A Soviet commission is located at ScheringeAdlershof; it occupies various rooms of the plant. The conreseion consists mainly of officers, who are changed frequently. They negotete only with the management of the plant and the plant-directorate. Of lete, the Soviets have been shipping out some of the more important laboretory equipment and material, such as mer= cury, cobalt, iodine, arsenic, salver aulphidel and ferric chloride. 5. The staff of scientific collaborators is composed principally of medical men and chemists. At preeent they are working on the development of organic prep, cautions and experimenting with: penicillin, insrdins and liver preparations. Some of the more important membere of the starr - Dr. 3arlim, Dr. Schmidt, 25X1X Dr. Oaub? and Dr. Schreiber, until recently e, member CLASSIFICATION STATE [AMY IR NAVY TIN. SRB -- DI l'-',,MBEJTMN 41 Approved For Release 2001/09/06 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003400020005-6 Approved For Release 2001/09/06 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003400020005-6 rIEMT GENITAL INTELLIGOICE AGENCY -2- 25X1A 25X1X of the staff, Dr. Gaub was to be distinguished as an "Activist" but he declined such distinction. The plant has a modern penicillin installation, with an enlarged department for experiments on snail animals. The composing of the preparation is carried out exclusively at Schering,. but other firma are also employed for the filling and tableting of the preparation. 6. The Soviets are very secretive about a department which produced a prepara- tion called "Pyrimal", reputed to be a rapid and effective medicine for acute pneumonia. This drug bears no trademark. The production of Pyrimal is di- rectly supervised, and every emeloyee is searched on leaving the department. The entire production is deetined for the USSR; production, however, has been halted. 7. Other preparations, either partle or completely intended for the USSR, are penicillin; insulin; albuzit, which is used for internal inflammations of the liver; veramon; neutralon; 'belladonna neutralon, a special gelatin for use in the pharmaceutical induatry; santonin, a new conround which is alleged to be. very effective against asearid from which the Soviet population is suf- fering to a great degree. 8. The following products have been. released for the German market: Abavit, a mercury preparation Waich is used for plant protection; Gesarol, an ant exterminator; Karsan, a nicotine spray. 9. Lately a new drug for thryoid diaeases is being manufactured.. It appears under the name of "Dijodtyrosi.e. Attached is a sanrle of Pyrimal, It is requested that this sample he trans- mitted to the U_S. Public Health Service. that they be informed that Pimirml Is a drug obtained abroad and alleged to be effective in the treatmeat of cute pneumonia, and that they be aoked to furnish a qualitative report on he drug-. 25X1A Approved For Release 2001/09/06 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003400020005-6