SoDu-Based Chimerix Acquired in $935M Deal
The agreement, expected to close later this year, brings Chimerix’s promising brain cancer drug, dordaviprone, into Jazz’s growing oncology portfolio.
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Dry stretch continues as Durham reservoirs slip to 36%
Durham’s reservoirs lost another percentage point during a dry week, but lower demand helped keep the city’s readily accessible supply estimate at 90 days. Stage 2 water restrictions remain in effect.
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[Dispatches Received in Error Issue 29] Children’s Primer from the Estuary
A weekly serial fiction project for paid subscribers, unfolding through a growing archive of documents from an alternate-universe Southpoint.
For the neighborhoods our kids call home
Costumes, campaign signs, and a small investment in staying connected to South Durham.
Friday night football caps a lighter week in South Durham school sports
Looking for a game this week? Jordan and Hillside are home Friday night, Southern heads to East Chapel Hill, and boys soccer fills the early-week calendar.