___________________________________________________________________________ ANCHODD: AN ELECTRONIC MAIL NETWORK FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN DRUG SCIENTISTS. This electronic clearinghouse has been established to provide a means for rapid communication between scientists working in the drug sciences, with a view to sharing skills and resources and identifying potential research collaborators. ANCHODD (Australian National Clearinghouse on Drug Development) functions in principle like an announcement at a scientific meeting, except that the audience are the recipients of electronic mail messages and their number and geographical dispersal is virtually unlimited. ANCHODD is an initiative of the Centre for Pharmacology, Medicinal Chemistry and Toxicology at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia. ANCHODD initially focused on the complementary fields of medicinal chemistry and pharmacology testing, as there is an obvious need for collaboration between those who synthesize or isolate potential new drugs and those who can characterise a drug's pharmacological properties. However, applications of ANCHODD are not limited to this situation, and ANCHODD can be used wherever drug scientists need to establish rapid contact with others who are potential suppliers of goods or services. Recent messages to ANCHODD include: requests for information and assistance, notices of meetings and job advertisements. ANCHODD is an electronic mail address at the University of Tasmania. Any message sent to ANCHODD is automatically broadcast to all addresses on its mailing list. To join ANCHODD, send your request for registration to the email address: listserv@cc.utas.edu.au followed by the message "subscribe anchodd Your Name" (but without the quotation marks). Notes (1) It is best to omit your signature or the listserver will respond with an "invalid request" message. (2) The spelling is "listserv" and not "listserve", as might be expected. For a list of current subscribers, send the message "review anchodd" to listserv@cc.utas.edu.au. Inquiries are welcome. Stuart McLean (S.McLean@pharm.utas.edu.au)