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Inventory | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Inventory | Note 4 – Inventory As of December 31, 2018, the Company’s inventory balance largely consisted of machinery and equipment related to a purchase with partners of a pharmaceutical campus in Huntsville, Alabama, which was finalized in the fourth quarter of 2018. The 110-acre campus includes three independent modern buildings with various pharmaceutical manufacturing and packing line assets. The Company’s interest in the purchase and carrying value for this inventory at December 31, 2018 was approximately $2.3 million. As of December 31, 2019, the Company’s inventory balance was approximately $0.1 million, a reduction in $2.2 million due primarily to asset sales during 2019 related to the machinery and equipment held in Huntsville, Alabama.

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