YBPS Marketing Case Competition 2008

About | Info Session | Team Building Mixer | Team Registration | Case Compeition and Reception | Rules | Participating Companies | Photos | Past Events

About

The YBPS Case Competition is a competition in which teams of Yale undergraduate/graduate/professional students and post-doctoral fellows work together to solve a finance- and/or marketing-based pharmaceutical case and then present their solution to a panel of academic and industry judges. The winning team receives a prize at the dinner reception following the competition, during which all participants and judges relax, discuss the case, and network.

Info Session (Dinner Provided)

Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Location: 60 Sachem Street – Watson Center, Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT

Team Building Mixer

Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: Wittink Lounge, 46 Hillhouse Ave, Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT

YBPS Marketing Case Competition Team Registration

Teams must complete the **REGISTRATION FORM ** by 12PM on Friday, October 31st, 2008.

If you would like to participate but don't have a team, please send use our INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION by 12PM on Friday, October 31st, 2008.

Case Competition and Reception

Date: Friday, November 14, 2008
Time: 12:00PM - 5:00PM (Case Competition) - Dinner & Prizes will follow
Location: 52 Hillhouse, Steinbach Lounge, New Haven, CT

Rules

Participation:

1. The YBPS Marketing Case Competition is open only to Yale undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, post-doctoral fellows, medical residents, interns, and fellows.
   
2. The Yale Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Society reserves the sole right to disqualify participants based on violations of the YBPS Marketing Case Competition Rules.
   
3. Teams must register all members by NOON October 31st. We will confirm team rosters by November 3rd.
   
4. Questions, Case, and Judging Guidelines will be emailed to all registered participants at noon on November 7th.
   
5. Failure to deliver presentations to Vinny Unanue (vincent.unanue@yale.edu) by 9:00AM Nov 14th will result in disqualification of the team. No exceptions.
   
6. Although the internet is fair game, do not ask the case writers, judges, sponsor employees, or YBPS leaders for help once the case is distributed. The presentation should represent registered team members’ work only. All non-case sources should be cited in a brief slide at the end, not doing so may harm your score.
   
7. Disqualified participants: All current employees of Roche, Pfizer, BI, Easton Associates, CRA, McKinsey, and Vion.
   
8. Disqualified participants: all YBPS leaders (new position applicants are the exception).
   

Teams:

1. Teams consist of 2-5 individuals.
2. There must be 1 SOM student per team, and not more than 1. Joint degree SOM students do qualify as SOM students, but not HCM students.
   
3. 1 Undergrad at max per team – must submit brief statement of interest and a CV or resumes to Hillary Cohen for our approval.
   
4. Individuals found in violation of the YBPS Marketing Case Competition Rules will automatically be disqualified, along with the team of which they are a part, and the entire team’s payment will not be refunded.

Case:

1. The case will be emailed to all participating individuals in pdf format. Each team may work on the case until their presentation appointment on Friday, November 14th.
2. Once the case has been distributed, all case-related questions should be emailed to Vincent Unanue (vincent.unanue@yale.edu). The case-writing team will address all questions and respond to the team and/or all of the teams in an appropriate manner.
3. Case recommendations may be composed of up to 10 slides in length, excluding the cover page. Five extra slides may be prepared to help answer any questions the judges pose, although they may not be discussed during the initial presentation.
4. Case recommendations must be prepared in Microsoft PowerPoint format and must be emailed to Vincent Unanue (vincent.unanue@yale.edu) by 9:00AM on Friday, November 14th.
5. Case recommendations will be run on a PC so it is highly recommended that the case recommendations are prepared on a PC to avoid any conversion issues.
6. Not all team members need to be present on November 14th, but there must be at least 2 team members presenting.

Competition:

1. Participants will have a schedule of their presentation times, randomly assigned, at NOON on November 13th. The times will be between noon and 4:00PM on November 14th.
2. Please arrive at Steinbach lounge ahead of your scheduled time, as you run the risk of being bumped or disqualified if you are late.
   
3. Participating teams will have 10 minutes to make their case recommendation to the judges, followed by Q&A at the judges’ discretion. Q&A to last no longer than 10 minutes.
4. The judges will have up to 10 minutes to ask questions.
5. The judges are unable to consider any other submission besides the case recommendation in Microsoft PowerPoint format.
6. The dress code for the competition is business formal.

Good Luck!

Participating Companies and Organizations

Event Sponsors:

Photos from the 2008 Case Competition

Past Events

Pharmaceutical Case Competition 2007
Pharmaceutical Case Competition 2006
Pharmaceutical Case Competition 2005