Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. (ACD/Labs)

Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. (ACD/Labs) is a cheminformatics and analytical chemistry software vendor headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with a global customer base spanning pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, fine chemicals, contract research organizations, and academic laboratories. The company emerged in the 1990s to address the growing need for integrated software tools that support chemical structure drawing, property prediction, spectral processing, and data management workflows used by chemists and analytical scientists.

ACD/Labs' product portfolio includes desktop and enterprise solutions for chemical drawing (ACD/ChemSketch), spectral processing and interpretation (Spectrus and ACD/NMR Processor), 3D visualization tools, and predictive modules for physical-chemical and ADMET properties (e.g., Percepta-related capabilities). They provide both freely available tools for education and small-scale use (ChemSketch Freeware, 3D Viewer, academic editions) and commercial packages...