The company said that if the funding bid was successful the new centre, equipped with the latest chemistry, biochemistry and testing resources, would be operational by 2012.

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Pfizer had poured resources into testing the drug.

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Still others noted that SMA mouse models and other critical resources necessary to begin drug testing were scattered among universities, some of which were demanding payments to share them.

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Netflix was an early-adopter of these types of services and ultimately has become a success story for leveraging shared resources at the start of testing a business model before investing in dedicated hardware.

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Instead, resources are being focused on the testing of mid-level or companywide controls, putting the emphasis back into longer-term and big-picture issues by utilizing a more efficient, risk-based approach.

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And she was still going back and forth with the state department of water resources for her drinking water sampling and testing plan.

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Some politicians believe there is a single silver bullet that will solve all of our problems in education, be it vouchers, merit pay, standardized testing, charter schools, a particular curriculum, or simply more resources.

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Anadarko plans to complete extensive reservoir testing and drill over 7 appraisal wells in the next year as part of its plans to develop the resources.

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The cleaning products industry dedicates an enormous amount of resources to assuring the safety of products, including many millions of dollars in research, development and testing before products ever hit the shelves.

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