The purpose of the company is the development and production as well as the trade in biological or pharmaceutical products with therapeutic, diagnostic or research-related potential. In addition, the company can offer consulting services in the aforementioned business areas. The company can participate in other companies, acquire, exploit, manage and sell real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and carry out all legal transactions that may be necessary or suitable to promote the purpose of the company or the development of group companies. 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 subsidiaries, or companies in which such companies 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 guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.