NCPA Foundation earns grant for student pharmacy program

NEW ORLEANS The National Community Pharmacists Association Foundation has received a multi-year grant to expand a business plan contest for pharmacy students.

The association, which represents the country’s independent pharmacies and is having its 111th annual conference in New Orleans this week, announced Monday that the Good Neighbor Pharmacy had given it a $750,000 multiyear pledge to support the Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition.

“We are excited to support NCPA’s efforts to recognize outstanding students of pharmacy,” said R. David Yost, president and CEO of Good Neighbor Pharmacy parent company AmerisourceBergen Corp. “We believe it is essential for pharmacy students to have access to high-quality business education, and this program helps provide that.”