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Click to View in Browser 12/18/2013 EU strikes deal on tough new anti-tobacco rules BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union diplomats approved new anti-tobacco legislation on Wednesday, including larger health warnings on cigarette packets and the bloc's first rules on electronic cigarettes. Insurers wary of new Obamacare fix for January health plans (Reuters) - Insurance companies are struggling with a new request by the Obama administration to make sure people receive medical benefits under healthcare reform come January 1, even if they miss a sign-up deadline set for next Monday. FDA and European regulators to cooperate on generics inspections (Reuters) - U.S. and European drug regulators will work together on joint inspections around the world to try to make sure consumers are buying generic medications that are both safe and effective, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday. Denmark backs generic lung drug in threat to GSK sales LONDON (Reuters) - Denmark has approved the sale of an inhaled lung drug that analysts think is a generic copy of GlaxoSmithKline's $8 billion-a-year blockbuster Advair, threatening its future sales. Gilead to seek okay for combo hepatitis C pill in first quarter (Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc, based on favorable new clinical trial data, said it will seek U.S. approval in the first quarter of 2014 for a once-daily tablet containing two new treatments for hepatitis C. Woman in China first to die from bird flu strain: WHO BEIJING (Reuters) - A woman in China has died of the H10N8 strain of bird flu, the first ever reported human case of the virus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. Drugmakers urge FDA security audit after cyber breach BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is under pressure from the pharmaceutical industry and lawmakers to undergo an independent security audit, after hackers broke into a computer system used by healthcare companies to submit information to the agency. Claims of virgin births in U.S. near 1 percent: study (Reuters) - Nearly 1 percent of young women in a U.S. study who have become pregnant claim to have done so as virgins, according to a report in the Christmas edition of Britain's BMJ medical journal. GSK to stop paying doctors in major marketing overhaul LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline will stop paying doctors for promoting its drugs and scrap prescription targets for its marketing staff - a first for an industry battling scandals over its sales practices, and a challenge for its peers to follow suit. Rhode Island, Maryland extend state Obamacare sign-up deadline (Reuters) - Rhode Island's new insurance marketplace said on Tuesday it will extend its deadline until the end of the year for consumers to sign up for private coverage plans under President Barack Obama's healthcare law and still get benefits on January 1. Related Video Sea Shepherd ships prepare for departure Snow blasts U.S. Northeast The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS

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