An apparatus for packaging dosed quantities of solid drug portions comprises a plurality of storage containers each storing a plurality of drug portions and having a dosing means for dispensing first dosed quantities of drug portions, a plurality of moving collecting containers for collecting drug portions and for outputting the collected drug portions to a packaging station, and guiding means for guiding the drug portions dispensed by the dosing means to the collecting containers. The apparatus comprises an ancillary dosing station (5) for delivering second dosed quantities of drug portions to the collecting containers, and transport means for moving the collecting containers between at least one first location at which the collecting containers receive the drug portions from the guiding means, at least one second location at which the collecting containers receive the drug portions from the ancillary dosing station (5), and at least one third location at which the collecting containers output the collected drug portions to the packaging station, the collecting containers being moved along a predetermined path.
