Trading in chemical and pharmaceutical products and laboratory equipment of all kinds, as well as the acquisition, holding and management of intellectual property rights of all kinds. The company may participate in other companies, establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, hold, manage and sell real estate and participations, and grant loans or other financing to affiliated companies, and for the direct or indirect benefit of affiliated companies, create securities of all kinds, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets.