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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US">Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are pleased to announce the “BBS Full-day course on group-sequential and adaptive confirmatory clinical trial designs, with R practicals<span style="color:black">”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please find the agenda attached. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Date:<span style="color:black"> Thursday, 1st
</span>March 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Time:<span style="color:black"> 08</span>:20 – 1<span style="color:black">7</span>:<span style="color:black">00</span>h<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Location:<span style="color:black"> Roche Building 683 Viaduktstrasse, Auditorium (directions in the pdf)</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Please see details on registration fee in the attachment. For organizational reasons, the number of participants is limited, on a first come first served basis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Please register no later than 16th February by sending an e-mail to Laurence Guillier (<a href="mailto:laurence.guillier@roche.com">laurence.guillier@roche.com</a>) or Barbora Martinec (<a href="mailto:barbora.martinec@roche.com">barbora.martinec@roche.com</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">We look forward to meeting you.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Kindest regards,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">On behalf of the BBS Council<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Best regards, Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Meilleures salutations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Bibiana Blatna</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Administrative Expert
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Phone +41 61 3242537<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:bibiana.blatna@novartis.com"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">bibiana.blatna@novartis.com</span></a><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#E44C16"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Novartis Pharma AG<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Clinical Development & Analytics, GDD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oncology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">WSJ-103.2.26.11A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Postfach<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">CH-4002 Basel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">SWITZERLAND<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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