[1] The academy is a state-owned research organization on medicine and health care, which operates in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine on a self-governing basis.

The principles of organization of the Academy of Medical Sciences were discussed at the meeting of the President of the National Academy of Sciences Academician Borys Paton and Academicians Mykola Amosov, Oleksandr Vozianov, Yuriy Kundiev, Olena Lukyanova, Volodymyr Frolkis, Oleksandr Shalimov with the President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk.

The Presidential Decree was developed by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which appointed Academician Vozianov President-Organizer of the academy, appointed 25 founding academics, and determined the list of scientific institutions that were to be part of the academy.

In addition, in 2000, by a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, 18 more research institutes were transferred to the academy.

[3] The compound enisamium iodide known as Amizon was first synthesized by scientists of the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) of Ukraine.