Device for transferring blister packs , having a first transfer unit for transferring the blister packs 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 from the temporary depository to a conveying means or a store; wherein the second transfer unit has a first suction arm which is movable between a first receiving position for receiving a first blister pack from a first temporary depository position on the temporary depository and a first dispensing position for depositing the first blister pack in a final depository position on the conveying means or in the store; wherein the second transfer unit has a second suction arm which is movable between a second receiving position for receiving a second blister pack from a second temporary depository position on the temporary depository and a second dispensing position for depositing the second blister pack in the same final depository position ; wherein the first suction arm and the second suction arm are disposed on both sides of a longitudinal central plane (L) of the device ; wherein each suction arm has a first segment and a second segment , wherein the first segment of each suction arm is fastened so as to be rotatable about an associated first axis (A1) which runs so as to be perpendicular to the longitudinal central plane (L) ; wherein the first segment of each suction arm has a first portion to which the second segment is fastened so as to be rotatable about a locationally variable second axis (A2, A2') which runs so as to be substantially perpendicular to the first axis (A1), wherein a suction device for suctioning and holding a blister pack is disposed on the second segment ; wherein the suction arms are designed and actuated in such a manner that the movement of the suction arms from the first or the second receiving position to the first or the second dispensing position and back is a combined movement which is composed of at least a first rotating movement of the first segment and of the second segment about the first axis (A1) and a second rotating movement of the second segment about the second axis (A2, A2'); wherein the suction arms are designed and actuated in such a manner that the blister packs in the first temporary depository position and the second temporary depository position by the suction devices of the first suction arm and the second suction arm are received from above and are likewise deposited from above in the final depository position ; wherein the first temporary depository position and the second temporary depository position in terms of the longitudinal central plane (L) are disposed so as to be offset towards the outside, and the final depository position is disposed in the region of the longitudinal central plane (L); wherein the second axis (A2) of the first suction arm is disposed in such a manner that the second axis (A2) of the first suction arm during the first rotating movement of the first segment of the first suction arm moves in a first plane (E1) which intersects the first temporary depository position or the lateral projection of the latter in a first straight line (L1) which is laterally offset in relation to the centre (M1) of the first temporary depository position ; and wherein the second axis (A2') of the second suction arm is disposed in such a manner that the second axis (A2') of the second suction arm during the first rotating movement of the first segment of the second suction arm moves in a second plane (E2) which intersects the second temporary depository position or the lateral projection of the latter in a second straight line (L2) which is laterally offset in relation to the centre (M2) of the second temporary depository position . <EOS>