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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear All<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We would like to announce the first joint meeting of the Basel Epidemiology Seminar (BES) and the Basel Biometric Society (BBS) on
<b>“Patient Preferences – methods and relevance for medicinal decision making”</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The meeting will take place on
<b>November 22, 14:00 -17:00</b>, in Building 683-0B110 of Basel, F. Hoffmann-la Roche AG, Viaduktstrasse 33, CH-4051 Basel (nearby Basel SBB railway station).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are proud to invite you to a meeting with contributions from industry and academia to discuss this new methodological approach in drug development.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you are interested in participating please visit our website and register
<b>until November 21</b>: <a href="http://bes.ceb-institute.org/2018/07/16/upcoming-seminars/">
http://bes.ceb-institute.org/2018/07/16/upcoming-seminars/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conny Berlin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On behalf of the organizational committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Daniel Rosenberg (Actelion), Uli Burger (Roche), Fred Sorenson (Xcenda), Conny Berlin (Novartis)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conny Berlin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Global Head Quantitative Safety & Epidemiology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Fon +41 61 32 48736<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mobile +41 798451615<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH"><a href="mailto:conny.berlin@novartis.com"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#E44C16">conny.berlin@novartis.com</span></a></span><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#E44C16"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Novartis International AG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Chief Medical Office – Patient Safety<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Novartis Campus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WSJ 27.3.91<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4056 Basel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Switzerland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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