Device for transferring blister packs (4, 6), having a first transfer unit for transferring the blister packs (4, 6) from a punching station, a transport means or a temporary store to a temporary depository, and having a second transfer unit for transferring the blister packs (4, 6) from the temporary depository onto a conveying means or into a store; wherein the second transfer unit has a suction arm (24, 25) which is movable between a receiving position for receiving a plurality of blister packs (4, 6) from a plurality of temporary depository positions on the temporary depository and a dispensing position for depositing the plurality of blister packs (4, 6) in a plurality of final depository positions on the conveying means or in the store; wherein the suction arm (24, 25) has a first segment (30, 32) and a second segment (31, 33), wherein the first segment (30, 32) of the suction arm (24, 25) is fastened so as to be rotatable about an associated first axis; wherein the first segment (30, 32) of the suction arm (24, 25) has a portion on which the second segment (31, 33) is fastened so as to be rotatable about a variable-position second axis (A2, A2') which runs so as to be substantially perpendicular to the first axis, wherein a suction device for suctioning and holding the blister packs (4, 6) is disposed on the second segment (31, 33); wherein the suction arm (24, 25) is designed and actuated in such a manner that the movement of the suction arm (24, 25) from the receiving position to the dispensing position and back is a combined movement which is composed of at least a first rotating movement of the first segment (30, 32) and of the second segment (31, 33) about the first axis and a second rotating movement of the second segment (31, 33) about the second axis (A2, A2'); wherein the suction arm (24, 25) is designed and actuated in such a manner that the blister packs (4, 6) in the temporary depository positions are received simultaneously from above by the suction device of the suction arm (24, 25), and are likewise deposited simultaneously from above in the final depository positions; wherein the plurality of temporary depository positions are disposed beside one another in a row parallel to the first axis and conjointly form a temporary depository position region (23, 23'), and wherein the plurality of final depository positions are disposed beside one another in a row parallel to the first axis and conjointly form a final depository position region. wherein the second transfer unit has a suction arm (24, 25) which is movable between a receiving position for receiving a plurality of blister packs (4, 6) from a plurality of temporary depository positions on the temporary depository and a dispensing position for depositing the plurality of blister packs (4, 6) in a plurality of final depository positions on the conveying means or in the store; wherein the suction arm (24, 25) has a first segment (30, 32) and a second segment (31, 33), wherein the first segment (30, 32) of the suction arm (24, 25) is fastened so as to be rotatable about an associated first axis; wherein the first segment (30, 32) of the suction arm (24, 25) has a portion on which the second segment (31, 33) is fastened so as to be rotatable about a variable-position second axis (A2, A2') which runs so as to be substantially perpendicular to the first axis, wherein a suction device for suctioning and holding the blister packs (4, 6) is disposed on the second segment (31, 33); wherein the suction arm (24, 25) is designed and actuated in such a manner that the movement of the suction arm (24, 25) from the receiving position to the dispensing position and back is a combined movement which is composed of at least a first rotating movement of the first segment (30, 32) and of the second segment (31, 33) about the first axis and a second rotating movement of the second segment (31, 33) about the second axis (A2, A2'); wherein the suction arm (24, 25) is designed and actuated in such a manner that the blister packs (4, 6) in the temporary depository positions are received simultaneously from above by the suction device of the suction arm (24, 25), and are likewise deposited simultaneously from above in the final depository positions; wherein the plurality of temporary depository positions are disposed beside one another in a row parallel to the first axis and conjointly form a temporary depository position region (23, 23'), and wherein the plurality of final depository positions are disposed beside one another in a row parallel to the first axis and conjointly form a final depository position region.