In a Dec. 21 ceremony at the N.C. Cancer Hospital, pharmaceutical company sanofi-aventis Chief Executive Officer Chris Viehbacher announced the company’s $2 million commitment to the N.C. Cancer Hospital Endowment.
In recognition of the donation, the hospital named the facility’s advanced telecommunications conference center “The sanofi-aventis Conference Center.â€
N.C. Cancer Hospital, home of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, is N.C.’s only public cancer hospital. The $180 million facility opened in August.