The company's purpose is to research, develop, acquire (including through licenses), and market (including through licenses or sub-licenses) products and services in the biomedical field, and to use patents and other intellectual property rights related thereto. The company may establish branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or establish companies with an identical or similar purpose, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts that are suitable for developing its purpose or are directly or indirectly related thereto. It may also carry out all financial, fiduciary, commercial or industrial, movable or immovable operations that are directly or indirectly related to the realization of its purpose. It may grant loans or guarantees to its shareholders and third parties, act as guarantor for loans subscribed by shareholders or third parties, secure these loans by issuing or pledging mortgage securities or by subscribing to any other financial commitment.