In Switzerland and/or abroad, any commercial operation related to medical and paramedical products (medical products, optics, cosmetics and health products) including - but not limited to - research, development, manufacturing, promotion (advertising, etc.), marketing in any form, export, import, as well as the supply of all goods and/or services related thereto to third parties; to file, acquire, hold and sell patents or all intellectual property rights and to acquire, hold and grant licenses; to take direct and/or indirect participations in all companies operating notably in the field of medical and paramedical products (medical products, optics, cosmetics and health products); to grant loans and/or any other form of financing or guarantees and/or any other form of security to one or more shareholders, companies of the same group and/or third parties for their direct or indirect benefit, if it promotes the interests of the company.