Services in the field of medicine. May acquire, hold, sell and grant patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights as well as licenses of any kind, establish branches, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, acquire, hold and sell real estate, grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent or subsidiary companies for consideration or free of charge, and provide security of any kind for the liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on the company's assets, fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related thereto.