University of Michigan Receives Donation of ACD/Labs Online

University of Michigan Receives Donation of ACD/Labs Online

Toronto, Canada, and Michigan, USA (March 22, 2006) - Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) announces the donation of a site license subscription to ACD/Labs Online to the University of Michigan’s School of Engineering department.  This donation will be of significant use to the Pharmaceutical Engineering program which is the first graduate degree granting program in Pharmaceutical Engineering in North America.

ACD/Labs Online is an Internet-based service that enables instant access to chemical databases and property predictions programs.  Students and instructors will be able to calculate, through an Internet Web interface, NMR Spectra (¹H, ¹³C, ¹⁵N, ¹⁹F, and ³¹P NMR), physicochemical properties (pK_a, logP, logD, and solubility at various pH values, boiling points, and more), and generate IUPAC and CAS Index systematic names.

Professor Henry Y. Wang, Chemical Engineering and College of Engineering, states, “With  ACD/Labs Online we will have full access to prediction algorithms and databases via an Internet service, and will be able to determine logP, pK_a, and other parameters of organic molecules.  Both our instructors and students found these programs very useful in their homework assignments and will benefit from the enhanced learning opportunities.  We appreciate ACD/Labs long standing commitment to the University of Michigan by providing future scientists with access to the most current industry-standard software tools.”

ACD/Labs Online will be used by the students to help them understand the role of physicochemical property prediction software in the drug development process.  The students and instructors involved in the course will have instant access to the ACD/Labs Online service 24 hours a day from every computer on campus.  This will give students and instructors the ability to obtain predicted physiochemical property values for a wide number of parameters without having to install the software locally.

About Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc.

Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) is a chemistry software company offering solutions that truly integrate chemical structures with analytical chemistry information to produce ChemAnalytics^®.  ACD/Labs creates innovative software packages that aid chemical research scientists worldwide with spectroscopic validation of structures, elucidation of unknown substances, chromatographic separation, medicinal chemistry, preformulation of novel drug agents, systematic nomenclature generation, and chemical patenting and publication.  Combined, ACD/Labs' solutions create an analytical informatics system that provides dramatic feed-forward effects on the chemical and pharmaceutical research process.  Founded in 1993, and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, ACD/Labs employs a team of over 100 dedicated individuals whose continual efforts carry ACD/Labs' innovative technologies into pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, and materials companies throughout the world.  Information about Advanced Chemistry Development and its products can be found at www.acdlabs.com.

About the University of Michigan

The University of Michigan Pharmaceutical Engineering program is the first graduate degree granting program in Pharmaceutical Engineering in North America.  It emphasizes on interdisciplinary education and practical training in the research, development and manufacturing of health care products for the 21st century with strong support from a variety of pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology and related companies.  We have both regular faculty members from Colleges of Engineering and Pharmacy at UM as well as adjunct faculty members from many industries and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) participating in the education and training of our students.  There is an active student chapter of International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) at UM that provides many opportunities for our students to interact with their academic and industrial colleagues in a variety of social and professional activities.

Graduates from the University of Michigan Pharmaceutical Engineering program are well sought after by many companies because they believe in our innovative, cross-functional and practical curriculum and the quality of our students.  In the near future, we intend to build on our excellent concentrations in Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing to add a new concentration track in Clinical Development and Engineering based on suggestions from our industrial and clinical colleagues.  More information on the Pharmaceutical Engineering program can be found at http://interpro.engin.umich.edu/pharmaceutical/