The purpose of the company is the research and development of innovative therapeutic solutions to improve health and well-being. The company may participate in other ventures, as well as acquire, utilize, manage, and dispose of real estate and intangible property rights. It may establish subsidiaries and branches both domestically and abroad, and additionally, it may perform all legal actions that the company's purpose may entail or that are suitable to promote its development or that of group companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, its direct or indirect shareholders, and companies in which these shareholders are directly or indirectly involved. This financing may be in the form of loans or other financing arrangements, including cash pooling agreements, and it may also provide securities of any kind for their liabilities, including pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets, or guarantees of any kind, whether for compensation or not. The company is part of a group and may, in pursuing its corporate purpose, consider the interests of the group.