The company's purpose is to research, develop, design, organize, manage, advise, administer, promote and supply on its own account and/or on behalf of third parties any kind of product and/or service, in particular in the health sector, in Switzerland and/or abroad; to assume representations, as well as to participate in companies with a similar or analogous purpose; the company may also participate in companies operating in the sector or that carry out related activities and may perform all operations aimed at promoting or facilitating its development and achieving its social purpose; the company may open branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad and perform all operations that are directly or indirectly related to its purpose; the company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad; the company may also provide financing on its own account or on behalf of others, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.