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TxGemma

TxGemma

AI models for faster drug development

Website developers.googleblog.com
Overview

What it is

TxGemma is the open model based on Google's Gemma 2, specialized for therapeutics development. Predict molecule properties, analyze data, or chat about results. Available on HF & Vertex AI.

Intent

I need it when

Adapt pre-trained models to proprietary internal data and specific therapeutic tasks

TxGemma includes fine-tuning examples and Colab notebooks demonstrating how to adapt models using proprietary datasets (e.g., TrialBench for adverse event prediction). Researchers can leverage their own data to create task-specific models tailored to unique research needs.

Solve multi-step therapeutic research problems requiring external knowledge and reasoning

Agentic-Tx orchestrates TxGemma with 18 tools including PubMed search, molecular tools, and gene/protein databases to answer complex chemistry and biology questions. This enables researchers to tackle reasoning-intensive tasks that single-step predictions cannot solve.

Understand model reasoning and get explanations for therapeutic predictions

TxGemma-Chat versions (9B and 27B) include instruction tuning for conversational AI, allowing researchers to ask why a molecule was predicted toxic and receive structure-based explanations. This builds confidence in model outputs and supports decision-making in drug development workflows.

Access state-of-the-art therapeutic AI models without licensing fees or vendor dependency

TxGemma is released as open-source models on Vertex AI Model Garden and Hugging Face at no cost. Researchers can download, deploy, and modify models freely, avoiding licensing costs and maintaining control over their therapeutic AI infrastructure.

Accelerate drug discovery by predicting molecular properties and therapeutic outcomes early in development

TxGemma provides open models (2B, 9B, 27B) trained on 7 million therapeutic examples to predict molecular toxicity, blood-brain barrier crossing, binding affinity, and clinical trial adverse events. This reduces time from lab to bedside and lowers development costs by enabling researchers to filter promising candidates before expensive trials.

Drop

Not a fit when

  • User needs proprietary, closed-source models with vendor lock-in and guaranteed support contracts
  • User requires pre-built, no-code interfaces without access to model weights or fine-tuning capabilities
  • User is developing non-therapeutic applications outside drug discovery, molecular prediction, or clinical trial analysis
  • User lacks computational resources to run or fine-tune models locally (2B, 9B, or 27B parameters)
  • User needs real-time, production-grade SLA guarantees and enterprise support without self-hosting responsibility
Commercials

Pricing

Open source models available for free on Vertex AI Model Garden and Hugging Face