The purpose of the company is to offer services and applications with direct or indirect benefits in the fields of life sciences, biosciences, human health or medical care, or to invest in, enable or promote any of these activities. The company also aims to actively license, manage and develop intellectual property in the aforementioned fields. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as acquire or sell other companies. The company may enter into any business and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate, securities, copyrights, patents and licenses of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.