06 Mar 2013
| by Louise Ridley
Crown Paints has appointed PHD to handle its £1.5m UK and Ireland media planning and buying business.
Initiative has been awarded the media account for over-the-counter healthcare company Omega Pharma in Central and Eastern Europe and the Nordics, incorporating 18 markets.
Arena Media has won the £3m media account for Swiss herbal sweet brand Ricola following a pitch against three other undisclosed agencies.
Johnson & Johnson, the health and skincare company, has handed IPG's UM and GroupM's MEC its EMEA media planning and buying business, estimated to be worth £200 million.
Starcom MediaVest Group has rounded off the year by picking up the $600 million (£384 million) media account for drug giant Novartis from MEC.
Revlon has moved its £3m UK media planning and buying duties out of Starcom into MediaCom without a pitch.
Bed specialist Dreams has appointed Publicis Groupe-owned Starcom MediaVest Group to its £35m media account after a competitive pitch.