Medicine management apparatus and medicine management method

A medicine management apparatus connected so as to be capable of receiving information from:

• a production management apparatus that manages lot information including a lot number of a medicine and lot trace information;
• a change management apparatus that manages change control information including a change control number of the medicine, an importing country, and product information;
• and
• an input apparatus that inputs the lot number of the medicine and the change control number,
• the medicine management apparatus comprising:
• a first storage unit that stores the lot information received from the production management apparatus;
• a second storage unit that stores the lot trace information received from the production management apparatus;
• a third storage unit that stores the change control information received from the change management apparatus;
• and
• a data management unit that manages the lot information including the lot number and the lot trace information in association with the change control information including the change control number according to the lot number and the change control number to be applied to a product having the lot number input from the input apparatus.