A dispensing assembly for a container filled with a medicinal substance or formulation, the container being suitable for administering the medicinal substance or formulation via inhalation, buccal or sublingual delivery. The dispensing assembly includes a housing (1) defining a patient port through which, in use, the medicinal substance or formulation is dispensed. The dispensing assembly further includes a cap (3) that can be engaged with and disengaged from the patient port to close and open the patient port and an adhesive tape (10) having one portion (12) affixed to the housing and a second portion (11) affixed to the cap, such that when the cap is disengaged from the patient port, the cap is still connected to the housing.