ACD/Labs News Archives for VII

TORONTO, December 12, 2003 - Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., Donates Campus-Wide License of ACD/ChemSketch to Hawai'i Pacific University
Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) has provided a campus-wide installation of the commercial version of ACD/ChemSketch v5.0 to Hawai'i Pacific University. Spearheading the installation of ChemSketch at HPU was chemistry professor Dr. David Horgen. David found out about ACD/Labs' product offerings at the American Society of Pharmacognosy conference where he was presenting a poster. Wanting to add additional NMR visualization tools to his organic chemistry course, David spoke with representatives of ACD/Labs to acquire our 1H and 13C NMR prediction software currently offered in ACD/Educator Pack #2 and #4. Through this investigation, David realized that ChemSketch could be yet another powerful supplement to his current list of teaching tools. More...

TORONTO, December 12, 2003 - ACD/Labs Introduces Critical Drug Design Software
ACD/Labs is excited to announce the release of ACD/MedChem Advisor, the newest member of our medicinal chemistry solutions. MedChem Advisor builds on the industry standard predictions of molecular physical properties to provide the medicinal chemist with a design studio that equips him or her with the ability to rapidly identify and assess chemically relevant modifications in terms of their ability to aid in the optimization of molecular physical properties. Coupled to ACD/Labs' continuous innovation in prediction accuracy, using targeted measurements to enhance accuracy and data management solutions, MedChem Advisor provides an end-to-end solution to the problem of designing compounds for enhanced pharmaceutical properties. Read more about ACD/MedChem Advisor.

TORONTO, November 10, 2003 - ACD/Labs Donates Campus-Wide License of ACD/ChemSketch to Trent University
Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) has provided a campus-site wide installation of the commercial version of ACD/ChemSketch v5.0 to Trent University (http://www.trentu.ca) in scenic Peterborough, Ontario. After seeing ChemSketch in action at the most recent IUPAC and Canadian Society for Chemistry national conference in Ottawa, ON, assistant professor Dr. Andrew Vreugdenhil felt that our software would be the perfect addition to the chemistry department's newly created computational center. More...

TORONTO, November 7, 2003 - ACD/Labs Welcomes a new Northeast Account Manager
Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) is happy to announce the addition of Frederick Zeth, B.Sc., as our new Northeast Account Manager. Fred brings almost 15 years of experience in sales of analytical instrumentation and software. He joins ACD/Labs from MD Biotech, a start up biotech company, where he was the Marketing and Sales Manager. Prior to MD Biotech, he spent one year at Bio-Rad selling their chemical informatics software covering the Southeast, and nine years at Shimadzu Scientific selling analytical instrumentation to the Biotech and Pharmaceutical industries in North Carolina. He also comes to us with five years experience in the research laboratory at Union Carbide. Fred received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Chemistry from Pennsylvania State University. He will be based in the Pennsylvania area covering Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, and Vermont.

TORONTO, November 3, 2003 - Seminar in San Diego, CA on November 11, 2003
ACD/Labs invites you to join us for a seminar at the Marriott San Diego Del Mar in San Diego, CA on Tuesday, November 11^th. Our seminar will entail a variety of presentations from invited guest speakers and our Mass Spec and Chromatography Product Managers. Presentation topics include "Analysis of Purified Small Molecule Libraries by ¹H-NMR", "Lead Prioritization by Physicochemical Property", and "ChemAnalytics", among others. View the agenda and register today!

TORONTO, October 3, 2003 - U.S. Team Medals at 35^th International Chemistry Olympiad, with ACD/Labs Support
Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) is proud to have supported the U.S. Chemistry Olympiad Team in their preparation for the 35th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) held from July 5-14, 2003 in Athens, Greece. The four team members were among 232 high school students representing 59 countries at this year's competition, and the team returned home with one silver and three bronze medals. The four students were selected from among the 10,000 students who participated in the 2003 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO), and from the top twenty students who participated in the intensive two-week USNCO study camp at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. ACD/Labs supported the team with their donations of chemistry software, t-shirts, and other goodies to the study camp. Cecilia Hernandez, Coordinator of the U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad, expressed to ACD/Labs with gratitude, "Private support greatly expands our efforts to invest in the future of young chemists in this country. Your investment in USNCO affirms your commitment to quality education."

TORONTO, September 30, 2003 - ACD/Labs Reaches 500,000 Software Downloads
Ten months later and we have reached the half way point! ACD/Labs is excited to announce that in late August of 2003, only ten months after achieving 400,000 downloads, we passed the 500,000 download mark. Continuing our current average of 300 downloads per day, we are on pace to reach 1,000,000 downloads in approximately four years. ACD/Labs thanks all of the people who have downloaded our software over the years and hopes our customers continue to find value in our offerings.

TORONTO, September 24, 2003 - ACD/Labs Welcomes a new Atlantic Account Manager
Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) is happy to announce the addition of Vincent Dillman, B.Sc., MBA, as our new Atlantic Account Manager. Vince brings almost 15 years of experience in the sales of analytical instrument and scientific software based solutions. He joins ACD/Labs from MDL Information Systems where he was a Global Pharmaceutical Account Manager responsible for managing the worldwide MDL and Elsevier business for several major pharmaceutical companies in the NJ area. Prior to MDL, Vince spent 10 years as an Analytical Instrument Sales Representative for HP/Agilent covering the pharmaceutical and biotech industry in the NY/NJ/CT area. Prior to HP, he worked for Beckman Lab Automation Operations, where he gained experience in laboratory information management and chromatography data systems. He also worked as an Analytical Chemist for Warner Lambert doing Method Development and Compound Identification. Vince has a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Trenton State and an MBA in Marketing from Fairleigh Dickinson University and he will be based in the NJ area.

TORONTO, September 12, 2003 - ACD/Structure Elucidator Brings Automated Structure Elucidation to JEOL NMR Spectrometers
Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) and JEOL USA, Inc., are pleased to announce the integration of JEOL's Delta™ NMR and ACD/Structure Elucidator software packages, resulting in the only complete system to combine data collection and structure elucidation for automatically determining molecular structures. More...

TORONTO, September 10, 2003 - ACD/Labs Helps Develop Memory and Nomenclature Skills
As the definitive standard in systematic nomenclature generation, ACD/Labs knows how difficult it can be to get nomenclature right. In an effort to help develop and refine nomenclature skills and memory within the scientific population, ACD/Labs has the privilege of featuring a version of Chemory, the nomenclature based memory game developed by Dr. Tamas Gunda for chemistry enthusiasts of all levels. Download your free copy today!

TORONTO, September 10, 2003 - ACD/Labs Welcomes a European Enterprise Solutions Project Manager
Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) is happy to announce the addition of a European Enterprise Solutions Project Manager to our staff. Colin Read brings to ACD/Labs almost 20 years of experience in the development of a broad range of computer based solutions. Colin has held senior technical positions on a number of large scale projects including high volume transaction processing systems, high availability mission critical systems interfacing to government agencies, and 21 CFR part 11 compliant solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. He also has a wealth of experience in laboratory automation and real time control systems. Colin was intimately involved with developing the specifications and implementing ACD/SIMPLE, a custom development project developed for Pfizer's Analytical Research and Development Department in Sandwich, UK. SIMPLE, Sample Information Management in a Process Laboratory Environment, is a web-based system capable of tracking, scheduling, and reporting analytical data. We look forward to having Colin bring his skills to bear on projects requiring our Enterprise solutions.

TORONTO, September 9, 2003 - Synthematix Integrates Arthur™ Suite with the Interactive Laboratory Tool, ACD/I-Lab
Synthematix, Inc., and Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) today announced the integration of Synthematix's Arthur™ Suite with the cutting-edge online prediction and search technology, ACD/I-Lab. As part of an ongoing agreement to integrate selected market-leading ACD/Labs solutions with Synthematix's Arthur Suite, the integration will address the enterprise-wide deployment of ACD/Labs prediction tools within the Arthur environment. More...

PALO ALTO, CA and Toronto, August 20, 2003 - Agilent Technologies to Integrate Its HPLC and ChemStation Solutions with ACD/Labs' AutoChrom and ChromGenius Software
Agilent Technologies Inc. and Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) today announced an agreement to develop and market the integration of ACD/Labs' AutoChrom and ChromGenius software with the Agilent ChemStation software and 1100 Series HPLC systems. The agreement is expected to benefit analytical laboratories in a wide range of industries by providing a faster and more productive way to develop analysis methods for high-throughput applications. More...

TORONTO, July 21, 2003 - ACD/Labs Welcomes Kamal Kumar Bhagchandani, Manager of Asia Pacific Business
Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Kamal Kumar Bhagchandani (KK) to the Sales Team as the Manager of Asia Pacific Business. KK will be based in Bangalore, India, and will oversee the management of business in Asia, including ACD/Labs' emerging market in China.
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TORONTO, July 15, 2003 - MolecularNature Limited Purchases ACD/Structure Elucidator from Advanced Chemistry Development
MolecularNature Limited (MNL) has purchased ACD/Structure Elucidator from Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) to aid their researchers in phytochemical compound discovery. More...

TORONTO, July 11, 2003 - Institute of Chemical Technology Prague Launches a Student NMR Lab
A fully operational student NMR lab has been opened at the Institute of Chemical Technology (VSCHT), Prague. VSCHT selected ACD/Labs to equip the lab with the most modern spectral data management software. More...

TORONTO, July 7, 2003 - Scientifically Evaluate Chromatographic Columns with ACD/Column Selector
Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., is pleased to announce the release of ACD/Column Selector, a freeware column selection tool for Palm® OS-based PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) that helps chromatographers select the optimal column to use, taking the uncertainty out of column selection. More...

TORONTO, July 7, 2003 - Bayer Incorporates Advanced Chemistry Development's IUPAC Name Software into Global Intranet
Bayer has selected Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc.'s, (ACD/Labs') IUPAC naming software, ACD/Name, to obtain systematic nomenclature capabilities on a global scale. More...

TORONTO, July 2, 2003 - Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., Licenses CHEMiCALC for Palm® OS
Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., announces that they have licensed the rights to CHEMiCALC, a patented chemical calculator for Palm OS-based handhelds, that saves chemists and chemistry students time and reduces errors for many routine chemical calculations. More...