Transfer unit (8, 14) for transferring blister packs (4, 6), having a sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25), which can be moved between a receiving location for receiving a plurality of blister packs (4, 6) from a plurality of receiving positions (20, 22) and a discharging location for setting down a plurality of blister packs in a plurality of discharging positions (22, 26), wherein the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) has a first segment (30, 32) and a second segment (31, 33), wherein the first segment (30, 32) of the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) is fastened such that it can be rotated about an associated first axis, wherein the first segment (30, 32) of the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) has a portion on which the second segment (31, 33) is fastened such that it can be rotated about an second axis (A2, A2') which can be altered in location and runs essentially perpendicularly in relation to the first axis, wherein a suction device for attaching the blister packs (4, 6) by suction, and retaining them, is arranged on the second segment (31, 33), wherein the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) is configured and activated such that the movement of the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) from the receiving location to the discharging location, and back, is a combined movement which is made up at least of a first rotary movement of the first segment (30, 32) and of the second segment (31, 33) about the first axis and of a second rotary movement of the second segment (31, 33) about the second axis (A2, A2'), wherein the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) is configured and activated such that the suction device of the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) simultaneously receives the blister packs (4, 6) in the receiving positions (20, 22) and likewise simultaneously sets them down into the discharging positions (22, 26), wherein the plurality of receiving positions (20, 22) are arranged one beside the other in a row and together form a receiving-position region (21, 23, 23'), and wherein the plurality of discharging positions (22, 26) are arranged one beside the other in a row and together form a discharging-position region (23, 23', 27), wherein the rows are parallel to one another, and wherein the row of the blister packs (4, 6) in the discharging positions (22, 26) is offset laterally, in the direction of the row, in relation to the row of the blister packs (4, 6) in the receiving positions (20, 22) and wherein the second axis (A2, A2') of the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) is arranged such that, during the first rotary movement of the first segment (30, 32) of the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25), the second axis moves in a plane (E1, E1', E2), which intersects the receiving-position region (20, 23, 23') or the lateral projection thereof in a straight line (L1, L1"), which is offset laterally in relation to the centre (M1, M1') of the receiving-position region (20, 23, 23'). having a sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25), which can be moved between a receiving location for receiving a plurality of blister packs (4, 6) from a plurality of receiving positions (20, 22) and a discharging location for setting down a plurality of blister packs in a plurality of discharging positions (22, 26), wherein the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) has a first segment (30, 32) and a second segment (31, 33), wherein the first segment (30, 32) of the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) is fastened such that it can be rotated about an associated first axis, wherein the first segment (30, 32) of the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) has a portion on which the second segment (31, 33) is fastened such that it can be rotated about an second axis (A2, A2') which can be altered in location and runs essentially perpendicularly in relation to the first axis, wherein a suction device for attaching the blister packs (4, 6) by suction, and retaining them, is arranged on the second segment (31, 33), wherein the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) is configured and activated such that the movement of the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) from the receiving location to the discharging location, and back, is a combined movement which is made up at least of a first rotary movement of the first segment (30, 32) and of the second segment (31, 33) about the first axis and of a second rotary movement of the second segment (31, 33) about the second axis (A2, A2'), wherein the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) is configured and activated such that the suction device of the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) simultaneously receives the blister packs (4, 6) in the receiving positions (20, 22) and likewise simultaneously sets them down into the discharging positions (22, 26), wherein the plurality of receiving positions (20, 22) are arranged one beside the other in a row and together form a receiving-position region (21, 23, 23'), and wherein the plurality of discharging positions (22, 26) are arranged one beside the other in a row and together form a discharging-position region (23, 23', 27), wherein the rows are parallel to one another, and wherein the row of the blister packs (4, 6) in the discharging positions (22, 26) is offset laterally, in the direction of the row, in relation to the row of the blister packs (4, 6) in the receiving positions (20, 22) and wherein the second axis (A2, A2') of the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25) is arranged such that, during the first rotary movement of the first segment (30, 32) of the sucker arm (18, 19, 24, 25), the second axis moves in a plane (E1, E1', E2), which intersects the receiving-position region (20, 23, 23') or the lateral projection thereof in a straight line (L1, L1"), which is offset laterally in relation to the centre (M1, M1') of the receiving-position region (20, 23, 23').