The financial participation in other companies, the purchase, management and sale of shares of companies with particular reference to those operating in the field of chemical, pharmaceutical and chemical-pharmaceutical engineering processes, as well as the purchase and sale, import and export of raw materials and products in general for the chemical, chemical-pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical industries. Participation in and conclusion of contracts for the development of medicinal and pharmaceutical products. The purchase, sale, management, brokerage of real estate both in Switzerland and abroad, as well as participation in Swiss and foreign companies with similar or analogous purposes.