The purpose of the company is the research, development, production, marketing, utilization, acquisition, and distribution of pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical products, and technologies. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches and participate in other companies. The company may acquire, hold, and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights. The company may also engage in all commercial, financial, and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which they are directly or indirectly involved, either through loans and/or other financing, with or without compensation. The company may provide securities of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, including through pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind, or through compensation obligations, with or without compensation, even if such financing, securities, or guarantees are exclusively in the interest of third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which they are directly or indirectly involved.