The "Farmateka" journal has been published since 1994. Starting with the first issues of the journal, information for practitioners about modern drugs, their therapeutic action, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, side effects are provided on its pages; the recent advances in medical science and technology, significant clinical studies of drugs, the results of international and Russian congresses and conferences are reported. Each issue contains news on the most relevant medical events and discoveries.

From 2002 to 2017, the editorial board was headed by Corresponding Member of RAMS Yury B. Belousov, and the board included a number of leading Russian specialists. Number of readers of the journal extends - practitioners, heads of medical institutions and universities, research institutes, heads of departments, students and external doctorate students read the publication.

The Editorial Board of the “Farmateka” journal includes the leading Russian specialists in the main areas of clinical medicine - 40 doctors of medical sciences, including 8 academicians and 9 corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. All of them are actively involved in the creation of the journal and confirmed their consent to join the Editorial Board.