Detects chemical and drug names in English biomedical literature
Extract biomedical entitiesDrugs and chemicalsEnglishSmall · 109Mapache-2.0
What it does
This model identifies chemical compounds and drugs in English biomedical literature, including clinical texts and research papers. It reports an F1 score of 0.949 on the BC4CHEMD benchmark, using a BERT backbone with 109 million parameters.
Best for
- Drug interaction detection in research papers
- Medication extraction from patient records
- Adverse event monitoring in literature
What it detects (1 labels)
- Chemical or drug
Quality
| Benchmark | BC4CHEMD · all models on this benchmark |
|---|---|
| F1 | 0.949 |
| Precision | 0.942 |
| Recall | 0.956 |
| Accuracy | 0.989 |
| Source | Reported by the authors (test_results.json in the repository) |
Chemical Entity Recognition - Identifies chemical compounds and substances in biomedical literature
Use it
pip install transformers torch
from transformers import pipeline
ner = pipeline("token-classification", model="OpenMed/OpenMed-NER-ChemicalDetect-PubMed-v2-109M", aggregation_strategy="simple")
print(ner("Patient prescribed 10 mg aspirin for hypertension."))
Android, browser, CPU (ONNX) build
pip install --upgrade "openmed[onnx-runtime]"
from openmed import OnnxModel
model = OnnxModel.from_pretrained("OpenMed/OpenMed-NER-ChemicalDetect-PubMed-v2-109M-onnx-android")
for entity in model("The patient started imatinib after the consultation."):
print(entity.to_dict())Apple Silicon (MLX) build
pip install "openmed[mlx]"
from openmed import analyze_text
from openmed.core.config import OpenMedConfig
result = analyze_text("Patient started imatinib in March.", model_name="OpenMed/OpenMed-NER-ChemicalDetect-PubMed-v2-109M", config=OpenMedConfig(backend="mlx"))
for e in result.entities:
print(e.label, e.text)All model information shown here is public and belongs to its authors: use and download it freely under each model’s license. The selection, organization, search design and presentation of this catalog are © 2026 Clinical Corpus. Please link to these pages rather than copy them.