An object of the present invention is to provide a drug inspection assisting apparatus and a drug inspection assisting method capable enabling pharmacists to perform drug inspection work efficiently. The drug inspection assisting apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a drug collating unit that collates a reference image for each of the drugs listed in the prescription and a collation-target image based on a captured image of each of the drugs packaged in the packaging bag to determine whether or not the drug shown by the collation-target image and the drug shown by the reference image are the same drug； a listing-table creating unit that creates, for each kind of the drugs to be packaged in the packaging bags, a listing table including the reference image of the drug to be dispensed according to the prescription and all of the collation-target images determined to show the same drug as the drug shown by the reference image； and a display control unit that displays the listing table for a single kind of drug among the kinds of the drugs listed in the prescription on a display screen of a display device.
