THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has announced the commencement of the 2017 eleventh National Student Business Plan Competition, designed to test "the flair and entrepreneurship of students preparing for a career in community pharmacy".
With the launch last Saturday during the Annual NAPSA Congress in Perth, the Guild also announced Sanofi Consumer Healthcare as new principal sponsor and EBOS as a major sponsor while Gold Cross Products and Services and Pharmaceutical Defence Limited (PDL) continue as foundation sponsors.
The competition, which first ran in 2006, encourages innovation among the future owners of Australian and New Zealand community pharmacies.
In 2017 the focus on innovation will continue, to ensure that tomorrow's owners look for highly differentiated services.
The Guild said the competition aimed to encourage student teams to create new business concepts in community pharmacy through development of competitive business plans.
The competition is open to all students studying pharmacy in Australia and New Zealand, and will provide a total of $15,000 in cash prizes to the finalists (top three teams) in addition to registration, flights and accommodation for the 2017 Pharmacy Connect conference.
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