Reputation would be everything for an evaluation agency: if seen as a tool of industry no one would believe its assessments.

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The industry already funds half the FDA's budget for pre-approval evaluation of new drugs, agency officials said on a conference call.

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Bartlit emphasized in his letter Thursday that cementing failures are a known hazard in the oil industry, with specific tests such as a "negative pressure test" and "cement evaluation logs" designed to identify cementing problems.

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