The company's purpose is to trade in pharmaceutical products and provide consulting services related to pharmaceutical products, as well as to manufacture, process, and distribute pharmaceutical, chemical, diagnostic, and cosmetic products, raw materials, sweets, and veterinary medicines. The company may enter into financing agreements for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as guarantee, surety, and pledge transactions for affiliated companies and third parties. The company may acquire, hold, manage, or sell debt securities and securities of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other domestic and foreign companies, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it, as well as acquire, manage, encumber, and dispose of real estate, intellectual property rights, and licenses of all kinds.