$50 Mil. Novartis' Elidel Set to Name Merkley

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NEW YORK Novartis is expected to select Merkley Newman Harty & Partners here to handle creative duties on prescription skin medication Elidel after a roster shop shootout, sources said. Billings are estimated at $50 million.

The other finalists were Interpublic Group’s Deutsch in New York and incumbent The Quantum Group in Parsippany, N.J., which is a division of WPP Group’s CommonHealth, said sources. The agencies declined comment and the East Hanover, N.J.-based client could not immediately be reached.

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