The company's purpose is to design, manufacture and distribute products in the fields of biotechnology, pharmacy and medical technology, as well as to provide services, in particular in the medical and health sector. Furthermore, it can acquire, hold and sell participations in companies, real estate and intellectual property rights, as well as enter into all transactions that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company can grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, its direct or indirect shareholders, as well as companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved, whether through loans or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including through pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or through guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.