Journal History
| 2014 | The inaugural issue was released. Medicines was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2017 | Medicines was indexed in PubMed and PubMed Central. Medicines announced the first edition of the Travel awards. |
| 2018 | Medicines announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer awards. |
| 2020 | Medicines adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2024 | The year 2024 marked the 10th Anniversary of Medicines. Medicines adopted a quarterly publication schedule from July. |
| 2025 |
Cardiology and Vascular Disease was discontinued. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2014–2019 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Litscher |
| 2020–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hiroshi Sakagami |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2020–2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sei-ichi Tanuma for the section on Cancer Biology and Anticancer Therapeutics |
| 2020–2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kazuhito Asano for the section on Allergic Diseases |
