Patent 7163693 was granted and assigned to Smithkline Beecham Limited on January, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A multi-component pharmaceutical dosage form comprising a plurality of drug substance-containing sub-units, being capsule compartments and/or solid sub-units comprising a solid matrix of a polymer which contains a drug substance, the sub-units being connected together in the assembled dosage form by a weld between parts of the assembled dosage form.