The company's purpose is to conduct research, development, consulting and marketing in the field of laboratory analysis in the food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, chemical and environmental sectors, as well as the preparation, purchase and sale of pharmaceutical and analytical dossiers and documentation, including regulatory registration, trademarks and patents. The company also aims to represent and market products and services in the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical sectors in Switzerland and abroad. The company may also acquire, sell, manage, receive and grant the use of technologies, technical know-how, industrial patents, trademarks, licenses and intellectual property rights in general, particularly in the aforementioned sectors. The company may assume financing and perform activities related to the granting of loans, guarantees, including mortgages, sureties and fiduciary duties, also in favor of third parties, excluding the exercise of banking and insurance activities. The company may also acquire, encumber, manage, administer and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, as well as participate in real estate companies and enterprises with headquarters and/or activities in Switzerland and abroad, in compliance with applicable regulations. Any activity carried out in the real estate sector is not directed towards third parties but is limited to real estate for its own account. The company may acquire, for its own account and not in a fiduciary capacity, interests and participations in other industrial, commercial, financial and service companies in Switzerland or abroad, in sectors related to the company's purpose or in other sectors. Finally, the company may carry out all commercial, industrial and financial operations or of another nature deemed necessary or useful and functionally connected with the company's purpose or aimed at achieving it, and open branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad.