The company's purpose is to engage in research, development, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of products and services in the field of life sciences, including, but not limited to, bioactive therapeutic agents, nutritional products, food, cosmetics, and beverages. The company may create subsidiaries and branches as well as hold shares in any companies. The company may acquire, hold, encumber, and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights. The company may carry out all commercial, financial, or other operations that are directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose. The company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to group companies and third parties, including its shareholders (direct and indirect) as well as the companies of their groups, including within the framework of centralized cash management agreements (cash pooling), and provide securities of all types for their commitments, including through pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of all types, on a paid or unpaid basis.