The company's primary purpose is to provide consulting services and services of all kinds to companies and institutions in the pharmaceutical industry, the healthcare sector, and related fields. The company also aims to trade in pharmaceutical products of all kinds, as well as to purchase and sell, register, and exploit intellectual property rights, and to acquire and grant licenses under such rights. The company directs its business activities, to the extent permitted, towards the group's objectives. Accordingly, the company may, in the interest of the group or individual group companies (including their direct or indirect parent companies and their direct or indirect subsidiaries), conclude contracts, and in particular, grant loans or other financing to such group companies and provide security for their liabilities of all kinds, including by way of pledges or security assignments and transfers of the company's assets, or by way of guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, and acquire, hold, sell, or finance any type of business. The company may acquire, hold, and sell real estate. The company may engage in all commercial activities that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose, and take all measures that appear to be suitable for promoting the company's purpose or are related to it.