Intangible Assets |
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Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
The SUGARDOWN® technology and patent applications, which were obtained through the acquisition of BTI in 2010, are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of 14 years.
Intangible assets consist of the following as of December 31:
Amortization expense for each of the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $148,031 and $158,196, respectively.
The Company performed its impairment review of intangible assets for the year ended December 31, 2019 and concluded that intangibles were impaired at December 31, 2019. The Company recorded impairment of intangibles in the amount of $367,181 for the year ended December 31, 2019. |