The purpose of the company is to support business activities for the provision of consulting services in the healthcare sector as well as the trade of healthcare equipment and products between Switzerland, other European countries and the rest of the world. The company may participate in other undertakings, acquire, exploit, manage and dispose of properties, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and carry out all legal transactions that may be connected with the purpose of the company or that are suitable for promoting its development or that of group companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, its direct or indirect shareholders, and companies in which such parties have a direct or indirect interest, whether by means of loans or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including by means of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.