| Today's Top Story |  |  | | - User-fee agreement heads to Congress
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The biopharmaceutical industry has 282 drugs undergoing clinical development or FDA evaluation for conditions affecting the pediatric population, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America reported. The lineup includes therapeutic candidates for cancer, infectious diseases, genetic diseases and neurological illnesses. Researchers are also evaluating many existing drugs for use in children. PharmaTimes (U.K.) (1/13)  | Principles of Checkweighing - Building an Effective Program
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| Industrial & Environmental | | | | - Study: Ethanol's octane potential can help U.S. meet fuel-economy goals
Ethanol's high octane value could help the U.S. achieve its increasingly stringent fuel economy standards by powering high-efficiency internal combustion engines, according to a study conducted by AVL and partially funded by ICM. E30 gives a higher octane performance than iso-octane, the reference for 100-octane fuel, the study found. "These real-world results show that ethanol blends have the potential to offer much more octane value than previously estimated by methods prescribed by the [American Society for Testing and Materials]," said Steve Vander Griend, head of ICM's research and development of ethanol engines. DomesticFuel.com (1/13)  | |  | | The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS)
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