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last year total expenditures on the brands approached $50 million, according to TNS Media Intelligence.

WPP's Grey previously handled lead duties on Lamisil, Fenistil, Dailies and Night & Day, and Saatchi handled creative projects for 02 Optix, said sources.

The business will be run out of Saatchi's office here, where the shop already handles Novartis' Theraflu, Triaminic, Excedrin, Voltaren and Otrivin.

The agency referred calls to the client, which confirmed the OTC shifts.

Novartis' CIBA Vision unit could not be reached.

Roehm's Witness List Includes Top Ad Agency Executives CHICAGO A scheduling hearing is set for April 17 in Julie Roehm's ongoing lawsuit against her former employer Wal-Mart.

In a case summary filed last week, Roehm said she could potentially call "any and all" employees of any agencies that participated in last year's search for an agency to handle the company's $570 million advertising account, including the heads of IPG agencies DraftFCB, The Martin Agency, WPP's JWT and Aegis' Carat.

Roehm, who was fired in December from her job as svp of marketing communications at the Bentonville, Ark., retailer, has claimed wrongful termination, while the company has said she violated its strict ethics policy.

The named parties could be expected to give depositions during the discovery phase of the case.

Both sides have agreed that discovery would...

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