The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of participations in companies, in particular start-up companies, which are involved in the development, manufacture, distribution and sale of medical products and related objects of all kinds, as well as the provision of related services. The company may conduct all business that is suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that is directly or indirectly related to it. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish and found branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, as well as acquire participations in domestic and foreign companies. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company may grant loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other companies within the group and provide security for their liabilities to third parties, including by way of pledge or security assignment of its own assets or guarantees of any kind, even if such loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge.