The purpose of the company is the production and distribution of pharmaceutical raw materials and agricultural food additives in Switzerland and abroad, including the import and export of medicinal preparations, as well as activities in related fields, in particular research, breeding and cultivation, conservation, storage, cleaning, drying, weighing, packaging and marketing, scientific research and experimentation of medicinal plants and their seeds included in the Swiss/European pharmacopoeia and other pharmacopoeias, including those subject to authorization and control by federal/cantonal authorities for medicinal plants, conservation of species and genetics and their intellectual property, also through seeding or cryopreservation and micropropagation technologies or in vitro cultivation of plant cells and tissues. The company also aims to obtain and grant or acquire patents. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, acquire participations in other companies in Switzerland and abroad and undertake all operations that are directly or indirectly related to its purpose or that are suitable to promote it. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad, provided that the legal requirements are met. It may also make loans on its own account or on behalf of third parties, as well as provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.