The company's purpose is to conduct and coordinate international business in the fields of pharmaceutical products, chemicals, consumer goods, medical products, and food, as well as to control the corresponding research and development internationally, in particular with regard to trade in products of all kinds in the aforementioned areas, manufacturing and processing of the aforementioned products, namely the awarding of contract manufacturing, processing, and finishing orders, conducting market research and scientific research, acting as a commission agent, and providing services and commercial and technical consulting in connection with the aforementioned activities. The company may acquire, manage, and transfer patents, trademarks, and technical and industrial knowledge, acquire, manage, and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies or providing guarantees or other securities of all kinds for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge. The company may conduct all other business that directly or indirectly promotes the aforementioned purposes.