To help clinical pharmacists clearly position themselves, seize the opportunity, and actively participate in pediatric clinical research projects.

Through SWOT analysis, this study analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of clinical pharmacists of Beijing Children's Hospital participating in drug clinical research from four aspects: superiority (S), weak (W), opportunity (O), and threat (T), so as to form development suggestions for pediatric clinical pharmacists in drug clinical research.

Pediatric clinical pharmacists could take advantage of external opportunities to initiate drug clinical studies and participate in drug clinical trials as the principal investigator, and participate in the formulation of clinical research protocols and drug safety incident management as a research team member. Relying on internal advantages, pediatric clinical pharmacists could strengthen popular science education, reduce irrational drug use, and promote clinical research. Seizing the external opportunities, they could improve their professional quality, play a role in drug management for clinical research and drug clinical research quality control to increase clinical research practice experience. Overcoming internal disadvantages, they could play a role in protecting subjects' rights and interests and provide consulting services to improve subjects' compliance.

Pediatric clinical pharmacists should clearly position themselves, seize the opportunity of children's drug research and development, participate in drug clinical research, and provide better pharmaceutical services for children.