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= Pharmaceutical bioinformatics
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Pharmaceutical bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that combines the principles and techniques of bioinformatics with pharmaceutical sciences to facilitate the discovery, development, and optimization of drugs and therapeutic agents. It involves the application of computational tools and methodologies to manage and analyze biological data related to drug discovery and development processes. Key aspects of pharmaceutical bioinformatics include: 1. **Data Integration and Analysis**: Pharmaceutical research generates vast amounts of biological and chemical data, such as genomic, proteomic, metabolomic, and chemical information.