In Switzerland and abroad, the company offers all kinds of advice, services and performances, including all activities in the field of life sciences and biotechnology, in particular the financing of research and development. The company may also: participate in, organize with any private or public body research and/or development actions in the fields of life sciences and health; provide services and advice to research and analysis laboratories in the field of life sciences; engage in the trade of medical products, import, export, wholesale and retail trade of biological and technical equipment, management of licenses and their research and development work; import-export of instruments and consumables intended for scientific research; provide data conservation and archiving in the fields of medicine, biology and genetics; commercialize the results of its research and/or development actions in the fields of life sciences and health; acquire participations in other companies, acquisition, management and sale of real estate (excluding residential real estate in Switzerland), design, development, production, marketing of products and systems intended for medical, biological and biochemical analyses; contribute to an active prevention approach in diseases and conditions or metabolic, genetic or infectious states; all services and advice to research and analysis laboratories in the field of life sciences; research with a view to commercializing the products.