An object is to provide a tablet manufacturing apparatus capable of supplying an IC chip (4) to a desired position of pharmaceutical powder with a high accuracy and suppressing a positional displacement. The IC chip (4) is supported by a positioning guide (61) with a chip main body (6) in a downward manner, and is held in a state of being positioned above pharmaceutical powder (90) filled in a die hole before compression. The IC chip (4) is supplied by a pusher (82).