PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine packaging apparatus which has good inspection accuracy.SOLUTION: A medicine packaging apparatus for packaging a medicine based on formulation data comprises a feed section for feeding a solid medicine, an inspection section 5 which inspects the solid medicine fed from the feed section, and a packaging section which packages the solid medicine inspected in the inspection section 5. The inspection section 5 comprises: a storage container 33 which has a bottom 333 which is capable of opening/closing and temporarily stores the solid medicine fed from the feed section； a photographing part 51 which photographs the solid medicine existing in the storage container 33； vibration mechanisms 52, 53 which vibrate the bottom 333 of the storage container 33 in a vibration direction same as an opening/closing direction of the bottom 333 prior to photographing by the photographing part 51； and a judgement part which performs judgement concerning inspection on the basis of an image obtained by the photographing part 51.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT
