In 1911, he testified in the United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola trial, and later, was a major factor in the success of the German pharmaceutical industry prior to the Second World War, having trained most of the European professors at the time.

He studied the composition of hyaluronic acid and explored its relationship to collagen, amyloid and chondroitin sulfate.

[citation needed] In 1911,[7] he testified in the United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola trial.

[8][9] Schmiedeberg was a major factor in the success of the German pharmaceutical industry prior to World War II, having trained most of the professors at the time.

[10] He published over 200 scientific books and articles and with pathologists Bernhard Naunyn (1839–1925) and Edwin Klebs (1834–1913), he co-founded the journal Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology.