Copenhagen talks (BBC News) UN conference: Still squabbling over form [News Source]

Zevalin clinical data presented at 2009 ASH meeting (News-Medical-Net) Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial stage biotechnology company with a primary focus in oncology, today announced that clinical data on ZEVALIN (ibritumomab tiuxetan) was presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), which was held December 5-8, 2009 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana... [News Source]

Hardeman: Act omits ‘vital component’ (Woodstock Sentinel-Review) Oxford MPP and Conservative agricultural critic Ernie Hardeman is voicing his opposition to new animal health legislation passed on Tuesday. Hardeman said the new Animal Health Act leaves out a vital component -- the traceability of the meat product to the factory and the originating farm.[...] [News Source]

Football fixtures for December 12, 13 and 15 (Isle of Wight County Press) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 Sydenhams Wessex League, Premier Division: Cowes Sports v Hayling Utd, Brading Town v Wimborne Town, Bemerton Heath Harlequins v Newport. [News Source]

So far, so good in chronic wasting disease battle (Northwest Herald) Jones Locker Service in Woodstock processes about 2,000 wild game a year and has yet to handle a deer with chronic wasting disease. [News Source]

NIH launches a $37 million program to reduce obesity (News-Medical-Net) The National Institutes of Health is launching a $37 million program that will use findings from basic research on human behavior to develop more effective interventions to reduce obesity. [News Source]