Fred Hassan is chairman of the board and CEO of Schering-Plough Corporation . Fred Hassan , chairman of the board and CEO of Schering-Plough . Prior to joining Schering-Plough in April 2003 and assuming his current position , Hassan was chairman and CEO of Pharmacia Corporation . He joined the former Pharmacia & Upjohn in May 1997 as CEO and was elected to the Board of Directors . In February 2001 , Hassan was named chairman of the Board of Pharmacia , the company created through the merger of the former Monsanto and Pharmacia & Upjohn companies . Previously , Hassan was executive vice president of Wyeth , formerly known as American Home Products , responsible for its pharmaceutical and medical products business . He was elected to Wyeth 's Board of Directors in 1995 . Earlier in his career , Hassan spent 17 years with Sandoz Pharmaceuticals ( now Novartis ) and headed its U.S. pharmaceuticals business . Hassan received a B.S . degree in chemical engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology at the University of London and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School . Hassan is the past chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America ( PhRMA ) and is the immediate past chairman of the HealthCare Institute of New Jersey . He is currently president of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations . In addition , he serves on the Board of Directors of Avon Products , Inc. ( www.schering-plough.com ) E-mail to a friend .
He was the former chairman and CEO of Abbott Corporation . He was responsible for company 's pharmaceutical and medical products business . He is former chairman of HealthCare System of New York , advisory board .