The company's purpose is the acquisition, holding, financing, sale and transfer of participations in all Swiss and foreign companies and enterprises, whether financial, industrial, commercial, movable or immovable (except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE), all services and consulting in the medical field as well as all activities directly or indirectly related thereto. The company may: carry out any financial, commercial or industrial, movable or immovable activity directly or indirectly related to its purpose; create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; participate in all enterprises having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose; grant loans or guarantees to shareholders, subsidiaries, parent companies, sister companies or third parties, if it promotes its interests or those of the group of companies to which it belongs; carry out any treasury activity for the account of the group to which it belongs; acquire, develop, manage and exploit patents, trademarks, licenses, manufacturing processes and intellectual property rights.