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Bioinformatics is a general approach underlying current paradigms in the pharmaceutical, agricultural and bio-industrial sectors. The parallel development of genomics, proteomics and informatics has resulted in a number of complex approaches and brought about profound changes within the R & D philosophy of the affected sectors. This chapter aims to provide an overview of how the scientific approach has changed in these three areas.