A method of handling an adhesive laminate, wherein the adhesive laminate isprovided releasably adhered to a first web, comprising a plurality of cut orpunched sections and wherein adjacent sections of the adhesive laminate remainjoined to one another in the longitudinal direction of the web through one ormore tie points. A first supporting structure and a second supportingstructure adjacent to the first supporting structure are provided. The firstweb is led over the first supporting structure. A second web is provided andled over the second supporting structure, wherein the second web is orientedsuch that the release surface of the second web faces the first supportingstructure. A leading portion of a first section of adhesive laminate from thefirst web is attached to the release surface of the second web and the secondweb is advanced such that the first section of the adhesive laminate isdetached from a second section of adhesive laminate and the leading edge ofthe second section of adhesive laminate is adhered to the second web in aspaced apart configuration from the trailing edge of the first section of theadhesive laminate. A transdermal drug delivery device prepared by such amethod.
