CARTI recently announced it has received a $10,000 CVS Health Community Grant to create an eight week Smoking Cessation program for smokers. The Community Grants Program was created by CVS Health as part of its commitment to helping people achieve their best health by providing financial assistance to programs that are focused on smoking cessation and prevention. The support from CVS Health will help CARTI provide smoking cessation classes to negate the effect tobacco has on cancer patients, smokers and their families.
August 8, 2016
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has reached a settlement, along with 47 other states, with Cephalon and affiliated companies. The settlement ends a multistate investigation into anticompetitive conduct by Cephalon to protect its monopoly on the drug market, bringing in major profits for its landmark wakefulness drug, Provigil. Due to its conduct, Cephalon delayed generic, cheaper versions of Provigil from entering the market for several years.
August 8, 2016
Mark Kenneday, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) vice chancellor of operations, recently received the Crystal Eagle award from the American Society for Healthcare Engineering.
August 8, 2016
Arkansas Children’s leadership, alongside lead investors and patient families, launched a $70 million campaign to transform children’s health in the region. CARE CLOSE TO HOME: The Campaign for Arkansas Children’s Northwest will fund construction of a freestanding children’s hospital in Northwest Arkansas.
August 8, 2016
Six new members have been named to the CARTI Foundation Board of Directors and will each serve three-year terms leading the fundraising arm of the statewide network of cancer care providers. New CARTI Foundation board members include:
● Representative Fred Allen, of Little Rock;
● Ann Freely, of Maumelle;
● Steve Jonsson, of Little Rock;
● Charles Nabholz, of Conway;
● Mary Ellen Thompson, of Little Rock; and
● Jan Zimmerman, of Little Rock.
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