The purpose of the company is the trade, representation, and manufacture of all pharmaceutical and cosmetic products as well as all types of products in the field of pharmacy, drugstore, perfumery, nutrition, hygiene, and all related areas in Switzerland and abroad. The company may participate in other enterprises, acquire, exploit, manage, and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches both domestically and internationally, and additionally perform all legal acts that the purpose of the company may entail or that are suitable to promote its development or that of group companies. Furthermore, the company may directly or indirectly participate in group financing, particularly by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies or providing guarantees, sureties, or other securities of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, 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.