Pharmaceutical Case Competition 2007

About | Happy Hour and Team-Building Event | Registration | Compeition and Reception | Rules | Participating Companies | Photos | Past Events

About

The Pharmaceutical Case Competition is a competition in which teams of Yale 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.

Happy Hour and Team-Building Event

Date: Thursday, November 1, 2007
Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: Caulkins Courtyard, 60 Sachem, Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT

Registration

Teams must complete the Registration Form and email it to john.strumbos by 12am on Monday, November 19, 2007. 

If you would like to participate but don't have a team, please send an email including your name, school affiliation, and class year to john.strumbos by Monday, November 19, 2007.

Competition and Reception

Date: Friday, November 30, 2007
Time: 10:40 am – 3:40 pm (Competition) and 6:00 pm– 8:00 pm (Reception and Dinner)
Location: Horchow Seminar Room, Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, CT (Competition) and Cafe Adulis, 228 College Street, New Haven, CT (Reception and Dinner)

Rules

Participation:

1. The Pharmaceutical Case Competition is open to all Yale graduate and professional students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty, medical residents, interns, and fellows.
2. The Yale Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Society reserves the sole right to disqualify participants based on violations of the Pharmaceutical Case Competition Rules.

Teams:

1. Teams consist of 2-5 individuals. Each team must include one SOM student.
2. Individuals found in violation of the Pharmaceutical 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:

*CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE CASE*

1. The case will be emailed to all participating individuals on Monday, Nov. 26 in pdf format. Each team may work on the case until their presentation appointment on Friday, November 30.
2. Once the case has been distributed, all case-related questions should be emailed to Yugita Gupta (yugita.gupta@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 Yugita Gupta (yugita.gupta@yale.edu) by 12am on Friday, November 30.
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.

Competition:

1. Participating teams will have 10 minutes to make their case recommendation to the judges.
2. The judges will have up to 10 minutes to ask questions.
3. The judges are unable to consider any other submission besides the case recommendation in Microsoft PowerPoint format.
4. The dress code for the competition is business formal.

Good Luck!

Participating Companies

Photos from the 2007 Pharmaceutical Case Competition

Past Events

Pharmaceutical Case Competition 2006
Pharmaceutical Case Competition 2005