FDA Clears DxNA’s H1N1 Test for Emergency Use (GenomeWeb News) NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Genetic test developer DxNA said today that the US Food and Drug Administration has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the firm's PCR-based test for 2009 H1N1 influenza. [News Source]

Anti-radiation potassium iodide pills to be distributed near Perry nuclear power plant. Potassium iodide pills distributed years ago to neighbors of the Perry nuclear power plant have reached the end of their shelf life. [News Source]

FDA grants EUA for DxNA’s 2009 H1N1 influenza virus diagnostic test (News-Medical-Net) DxNA announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its 2009 H1N1 influenza virus diagnostic test for use in DxNA's GeneSTAT(TM) detection platform. [News Source]

Clarient and BioView team up to develop diagnostic tool for early detection of lung cancer (News-Medical-Net) Clarient, Inc., a premier technology and services resource for pathologists, oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry, and BioView Ltd. (TASE: BIOV) today jointly announced that they will collaborate on studies to validate the clinical utility of a non-invasive test for the early detection of non-small cell lung cancer. [News Source]

Clarient and BioView team up to develop diagnostic tool for early detection of lung cancer (News-Medical-Net) Clarient, Inc., a premier technology and services resource for pathologists, oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry, and BioView Ltd. (TASE: BIOV) today jointly announced that they will collaborate on studies to validate the clinical utility of a non-invasive test for the early detection of non-small cell lung cancer. [News Source]

Clarient and BioView team up to develop diagnostic tool for early detection of lung cancer (News-Medical-Net) Clarient, Inc., a premier technology and services resource for pathologists, oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry, and BioView Ltd. (TASE: BIOV) today jointly announced that they will collaborate on studies to validate the clinical utility of a non-invasive test for the early detection of non-small cell lung cancer. [News Source]

Clarient and BioView team up to develop diagnostic tool for early detection of lung cancer (News-Medical-Net) Clarient, Inc., a premier technology and services resource for pathologists, oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry, and BioView Ltd. (TASE: BIOV) today jointly announced that they will collaborate on studies to validate the clinical utility of a non-invasive test for the early detection of non-small cell lung cancer. [News Source]

TV’s Best Bets (The Cincinnati Enquirer) Tonight's must-see: Jennifer Hudson: I'll Be Home for Christmas, 8 p.m., ABC. [News Source]

Gov’t bans poultry products from Germany, French village (GMANews.TV via Yahoo! Philippines News) Manila has banned bird and poultry imports from Germany and from the village of Saint Aubin du Plain in France following an outbreak of a mild strain of avian influenza in the two areas. [News Source]

Bird’s nest farming: Sabah needs proper laws (Sabah Daily Express) Kota Kinabalu: Sabah needs a proper set of laws and guidelines to regulate the fast-growing swiftlet nest farming industry. [News Source]

Influenza A/H1N1 vaccine to be introduced in Nepal (People’s Daily) The A/H1N1 flu vaccine is coming to Nepal soon, The Rising Nepal reported on Monday. The country will receive the vaccine latest by the second week of January, 2010 said Dr. Shayam Sundar Mishra, director of the Avian Influenza Control Project at the Department of Health Services. The World Health Organization had already requested to the Ministry of Health and Population to identify the ... [News Source]