The company's purpose is to provide services and conduct research and development in the fields of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, as well as to participate in trading, manufacturing, and service companies in related industries. The company can develop, acquire, manage, and transfer inventions (whether patented or not), trademarks, and technical, commercial, and industrial knowledge. It can also acquire, manage, and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company can participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies, or by receiving loans from them, or by providing guarantees or other securities of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge. The company can conduct all other business that directly or indirectly promotes the aforementioned purposes.