New Product Explosion, Major Companies Rushing In: The Medical Large Model Track Is Extraordinarily Bustling Recently.On February 11, WiseDiag releasedWiseDiag-Z1The large model of general practice medicine has 73 billion parameters and is trained on more than 3 trillion tokens of professional medical data.On February 20, 2025, Pharmolix, in collaboration with the Artificial Intelligence Industry Research Institute (AIR) of Tsinghua University, launched an upgraded version of the open-source foundational large model for multi-modal biomedicine.BioMedGPT-R1。On March 14, HSGD, in collaboration with multiple enterprises and institutions, released the first professional AI large model for glaucoma in China——“Xiaoqing”。When startups engage in the extreme race of product development, on the other hand, large technology companies go a step further by building industrial ecosystems on top of their technological foundations.HuaweiJointly released with Ruijin HospitalWisePathologyRuiPath, collaborated with Professor Gu Zhongze from Southeast University to develop the world's first large pharmaceutical model for human organ chips; Tencent, on the other hand, is based on the core capabilities of large model platforms, R&D, and AI-native toolchains.Landed in over 1,300 hospitals, pharmaceutical and medical device enterprises, and research institutionsetc.In addition,iFlytek, Yidu Tech, JD HealthMultiple listed companies have also announced significant investments in large medical models, covering细分 areas such as online diagnosis, image analysis, and clinical decision-making.As policy dividends continue to be released and the industrial ecosystem becomes increasingly complete, large medical models are entering a critical window period for scaled application.
DeepSeek Launches, Accelerating the Implementation of Large Medical Models
Since the beginning of 2025, the popularity of large medical models has continued to rise.The reason is that,DeepSeek's open-source not only provides a reusable technical foundation for large medical models but also accelerates the intelligent upgrade of the healthcare industry by "breaking boundaries."Through deep technical integration with DeepSeek, multiple medical enterprises and scientific research institutes have successfully achieved iterative upgrades of algorithms and models, significantly enhancing their implementation efficiency and application value in medical scenarios.On March 14, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Guangdong Medical University, and other institutions jointly releasedThe World's FirstAI System for Hypertension Prevention and Treatment Combining Smart Wearable Technology and AI-Generated Large Model DeepSeek-R1WenYuan Intelligent Doctor", realizing the full-process intelligent services from consultation, monitoring, diagnosis, prescription issuance to personalized health management.Recently, ENDOANGEL released a large AI model in the vertical field of the digestive industry——ENDOANGELWith the support of DeepSeek, this "super brain," XiaoTu AI can quickly analyze patients' medical history, pathological results, and provide multiple possible diagnostic options, making dynamic comprehensive judgments on complex conditions.Insiders said,In the past, hospitals did not know much about large models, and the required investment was high, so no one dared to easily approve the budget. However, DeepSeek conducted an unprecedented market education, which greatly reduced the decision-making cost.。Information shows that since February this year, more than 300 hospitals have been connected to the DeepSeek large model, empowering clinical decision-making, medical record quality control, imaging analysis, research assistance, hospital management and other application scenarios, especially in well-known tertiary hospitals.Some hospitals will choose the joint solution of DeepSeek large model + medical vertical field, and such synergistic effects bring opportunities to more large medical model companies.For example,WiseEyeThe "Bian Stone Large Model + Deepseek" dual-driven solution has been implemented at Changsha First Hospital, Taojiang County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, and others, achieving complementary advantages and collaborative work between different models.Xiangya Hospital Chooses to Collaborate with Yidu Tech, Successfully Completing the Construction of a China-produced AI Middleware Platform, Which Possesses Powerful Capabilities to Support the Local Deployment, Invocation, and Training of Various Top-tier Large Models in China (Including but not Limited to DeepSeek).Experts said that DeepSeek, as a general model, cannot handle highly specialized and complex tasks in the medical field. By building a combination system of multiple models for different scenarios, DeepSeek and vertical models can work collaboratively to achieve "General Capabilities - Industry Knowledge - Scenario Penetration"The ability to effectively eliminate hallucinations generated by AI."
Industry Synergy, Software and Hardware "Meeting Each Other Halfway"
DeepSeek's explosive popularity has reduced the constraints of computational inference, shattered the previous stereotype of extremely high barriers to AI large model development and deployment, and greatly accelerated the diffusion and application of the technology.For medical institutions at all levels, leveraging the data advantages accumulated in specific scenarios, combined with open-source models for localized deployment, and quickly testing or training application scenarios with their own data has become a trend.To this end, many hospitals choose to invest a large amount of funds in purchasing related hardware, triggering a surge in demand for related servers, information systems, and cloud platforms.According to publicly available information compiled by WiseDiag,Nearly 40 hospitals have announced the procurement or research of AI projects, and a wave of AI infrastructure construction in the medical field is in full swing.Medical institutions' attention and interest in large models are rapidly increasing, especially as some clients have started to actively propose development needs for application functions based on the DeepSeek large model, leading to a continuous emergence of related business opportunities.This presents numerous business opportunities for related manufacturers.These enterprises include traditional data center equipment suppliers, such asLenovo, H3C, Inspur Informationetc.; as well as cloud computing providers, such asHuawei Cloud, JD Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, Parallel Technology, UCloud; as well as including large model service providers, such asiFlytek, Smart Eye; also includes software companies such asNeusoft Group, Winning Healthetc.A large model service provider told WiseDiag: "Hospitals are all asking, we are either taking on projects or on our way to taking on projects.。”According to statistics, by the end of 2024, China will have a total of 1.092 million medical and health institutions, including 39,000 hospitals, with a total of 10.11 billion outpatient visits throughout the year.Under the wave of large models,This huge potential market is expected to be "activated".According to IDC, by 2025, the shipment volume of China's server market is expected to reach 4.88 million units. Calculating with the medical industry accounting for 2%, the demand will reach 97,600 units.
Policy Boosts, Multiple Parties Collaborate to Build an Ecosystem
In the context of increasingly strained medical resources and high pressure on medical staff, large medical models undoubtedly offer a highly promising solution, receiving significant attention from both central and local authorities.In November 2024, the National Health Commission, the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration jointly released"Reference Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence Application Scenarios in the Health Industry"，Among which, large models were mentioned 26 times., covering multiple scenarios such as assisted decision-making, medical record generation, health insurance design, and disease screening.In the same month, the General Office of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government released"Shanghai Municipal Work Plan for the Development of Medical Artificial Intelligence (2025-2027)"，Emphasize "Promoting the development of large models in medical language, general imaging, and intelligent interaction."。In March 2025, the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Zhongguancun Administrative Committee formulated"Beijing's Accelerated Promotion of the 'Artificial Intelligence + Medical Health' Innovative Development Action Plan (2025-2027) (Draft for Comments)"，List "promoting the research and development of large-scale medical and health models" as one of the key tasks.Driven by both policy guidance and market demand, companies and institutions across the upstream and downstream industrial chain are forming a deeply collaborative innovation network. Through resource sharing and capability complementation, they are accelerating the commercialization process and large-scale application of large medical models.In January this year,China's First Platform for Evaluation and Validation of Medical Large Language Model Applications —— Shanghai Medical Large Language Model Application Testing and Validation CenterEstablished byShanghai AI LabLed by the development, Huashan Hospital, Zhongshan Hospital, Ruijin Hospital, and other 12 medical institutions are the first batch of validation units.The center will support the full chain of evaluation work for large medical models, including qualification verification, basic model review, safety review, medical scenario evaluation, product ethics review, and application landing tracking. Through a full-process audit mechanism and professional scenario validation design, it will conduct testing and evaluation of large medical model applications.Huawei Technologies Co.,Ltd. has built a large model ecosystem covering multiple scenarios such as pathological diagnosis, medical imaging, drug research and development, and health management with its core technologies of "Pangu Large Model + Ascend AI Framework + Cloud Computing Capability".From technology development to scenario validation, from standard formulation to ecosystem construction, the deep collaboration of multiple forces is injecting strong momentum into the innovative development of large medical models.Looking ahead, the large medical model will not only become an important tool to improve the efficiency of medical services, but also reshape the value chain of the medical industry, and accelerate the advancement of China's medical system towards intelligence, precision, and universal accessibility.
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