The company's purpose is: research, development, creation, manufacture, consulting, import, export, storage, technological exploitation for life sciences, synthesis and marketing of biological products for therapeutic purposes, trade in all goods, raw materials or others from all countries, handling all commercial and financial operations, namely the purchase, sale, provision of services, trade in all products and goods, particularly in the fields of pharmacy, chemistry and diagnostic products. The company may, in general, carry out all operations directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose: in general, financing of all commercial operations, taking of participations, acquisition of social capital in whole or in part of any company or commercial enterprise; acquisition and administration of patents, trademarks, licenses and other intellectual property rights; carrying out, directing, coordinating all promotional and commercial activities; representing and domiciling all other commercial companies and enterprises; acquiring, holding and disposing of real estate (except for all operations prohibited by the Federal Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners). The company may provide direct or indirect financing, whether in the form of loans and/or in any other form of financing, including in the context of cash pooling (treasury operations), with or without remuneration, to third parties or to companies in which it holds direct or indirect participations, as well as to its direct or indirect shareholders and to companies in which they hold direct or indirect participations. The company may also provide any kind of security or guarantee to guarantee its obligations or the obligations of each of the aforementioned persons, including in the form of pledges, assignments or transfers as security, guarantees of any kind or indemnification commitments, with or without remuneration. The company may provide such financing, security or guarantees even if it is in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which it holds direct or indirect participations, or in the interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which they hold direct or indirect participations.