Exhibit 15

 

July 28, 2006

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Schering-Plough Corporation:

 

We have made a review, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), of the unaudited interim financial information of Schering-Plough Corporation and subsidiaries for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, as indicated in our report dated July 28, 2006 (which report included an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company’s adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (Revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment”); because we did not perform an audit, we expressed no opinion on that information.

 

We are aware that our report referred to above, which is included in your Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, is incorporated by reference in Registration Statements No. 2-83963, No. 33-50606, No. 333-30331, No. 333-87077, No. 333-91440, No. 333-104714, No. 333-105567, No. 333-105568, No. 333-112421, No. 333-121089 and No. 333-134281 on Form S-8, Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 2-84723 on Form S-8, Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-105567 on Form S-8 and Registration Statements No. 333-12909, No. 333-30355, and No. 333-113222 on Form S-3.

 

We also are aware that the aforementioned report, pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, is not considered a part of the Registration Statements prepared or certified by an accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of that Act.

 

 

Parsippany, New Jersey