Campus-Wide Deployment of ACD/ChemSketch at Albany College of Pharmacy

Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. has provided the Albany College of Pharmacy with a campus-wide installation of ACD/Labs' successful chemical structure drawing software, ACD/ChemSketch.

ACD/ChemSketch will be part of Albany College's leasing program, which provides laptop PCs to all incoming freshmen. ACD/ChemSketch will be available to all students and faculty at the Albany College of Pharmacy.

ACD/ChemSketch enables you to draw virtually any chemical structure within the scope of your imagination. Being one of the few "intelligent" chemical structure drawing packages on the market, ACD/ChemSketch signals the user when they have broken the normal valence of an atom by drawing too many bonds. Also, atoms are automatically fully protonated when they are placed on the ACD/ChemSketch tablet. Other ACD/ChemSketch features include 2D and 3D optimization, importing various structure formats and OLE linking to enable copying and pasting of chemical structures into other MS applications. ACD/ChemSketch truly is one of the leaders in its class.

ACD/Labs Sales Director, Mr. Tim Blacker, recently said "I think this is an excellent opportunity for the students to be introduced to the chemical structure drawing software of choice for many pharmaceutical and chemical companies".

Dr. David Clarke, from the Albany College of Pharmacy, first contacted Advanced Chemistry Development about adding ACD/ChemSketch to the current suite of software the college offers with the laptops for all incoming freshmen. He said that the inclusion of ACD/ChemSketch "is an excellent opportunity for the students".

Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. is an industry leader in the field of physical property prediction, desktop chromatography and spectroscopy management, systematic naming, and Web-based access to chemistry prediction. Founded in 1993 and with headquarters in Toronto, Canada, the company employs over 90 people and has established a worldwide distribution channel. ACD/Labs' mission is to define a new standard in capabilities for chemistry-based software, addressing the needs of spectroscopy, chromatography, physical property prediction, and chemical naming.

The Albany College of Pharmacy (www.acp.edu), located in Albany, New York, is one of the few schools in the US whose primary focus is in the education of students to become pharmacists. Offering Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science and Doctor of Pharmacy programs, students find themselves with a number of possible opportunities upon graduation. Albany College of Pharmacy graduates are not limited to becoming pharmacists as many choose to follow careers in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and biotechnology industries, as well as continue their education in graduate medical, dental, and veterinary programs.