The company's purpose is to operate one or more institutions in the field of medical diagnostics and medical laboratory analysis, as well as to manufacture and sell diagnostic reagents and equipment, and to provide all related services such as consulting, brokerage, licensing, provision of infrastructure, and organization of training and further education. The company aims to acquire, manage and dispose of participations in companies or undertakings in Switzerland and abroad, particularly in the field of healthcare and health promotion. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, take over representations, and engage in any business activities and conclude contracts of any kind that may be beneficial to the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may acquire, hold, encumber and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries, as well as to third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not. The company may also conclude all transactions and agreements that directly or indirectly serve the company's purpose or are directly related to it.