Article: Patanol ads try to break from anti-allergy pack;Alcon eye drop gets $20 mil push; FCB campaign uses b&w creative.(Brief Article)

Nestle-owned Alcon Laboratories is making an effort not to get lost among this year's flood of allergy season advertising.

In an estimated $20 million campaign breaking today for its prescription anti-allergy eye drop Patanol, the marketer uses b&w creative and paints sufferers as warriors in a bid to stand out.

"The whole creative approach was to make sure we find different ways to break through the clutter," said Ashish Pal, a group product director at Alcon.

The campaign is the first work on Patanol from FCB Worldwide, New York, after Alcon shifted the account from Omnicom's HMC, New York, last year.

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