LLM Reference

Palmyra Med Models by Writer

WriterProprietaryMedicine
4 models2023Up to 32k ctxFrom $5/1M input

Last refreshed 2026-07-10. Next refresh: weekly.

Details

ResearcherWriter
LicenseProprietary
Commercial useCommercial use: conditional
Models4
Released2023
Max context32k

About

The Palmyra Med family of large language models (LLMs), developed by Writer, specializes in healthcare applications, offering highly accurate biomedical task performance that surpasses models like GPT-4 and Med-PaLM-2 on various benchmarks 239. These models are trained on vast, high-quality biomedical datasets, enabling them to generate and understand medical text with remarkable precision and fluency 39. Key features include advanced clinical knowledge, support for biomedical research, improved coding and reasoning capabilities, and cost-effectiveness 7. Targeted mainly for non-commercial research in English 39, these LLMs hold promise for applications like clinical decision support, medical research, and extracting information from electronic health records 456. However, it is crucial that these models are not used as a substitute for professional medical judgment and are applied with awareness of their limitations in real-world healthcare environments 39. The family includes models like Palmyra-Med-70B and Palmyra-Med-70B-32K, the latter offering extended context length capability 46.

Decision facts

Best fit
medicinecoding
Capability starting point
Palmyra Med 70B
Lowest tracked input
Palmyra Med · $5/1M · Writer AI Studio
Closest related family
Camel

Current Variants

Use-when guidance is based on each model's tracked capabilities, context window, release date, and replacement status.

3 in view1 retired

Use when the workload needs 70B parameters.

2023-0870B parameters

Use when the workload needs 70B parameters.

2023-0870B parameters

Use when the workload needs 20B parameters.

2023-0820B parameters

Release Timeline

2 release groups
2023-08
3 current
Palmyra Med 20B
20B parameters
Current
Palmyra Med 70B
70B parameters
Current
Palmyra Med 70B 32K
70B parameters
Current
Unknown release
1 retired
Palmyra Med
32k context
Replaced

Replaced By

Keep for legacy integrations; evaluate Palmyra X5 before new work.

Specifications(4 models)

Palmyra Med model specifications comparison
ModelReleasedContextParameters
Palmyra Med 70B2023-0870B
Palmyra Med 70B 32K2023-0870B
Palmyra Med 20B2023-0820B

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