acquisition, holding, administration and disposal of participations in companies in Switzerland and abroad in compliance with the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE); manufacture of pharmaceutical and chemical products and related products; purchase, sale, import, export and distribution of pharmaceutical and chemical products; acquisition, management, exploitation and transfer of patents, trademarks and technical and industrial know-how, and provision of technical and administrative advisory services (for full purpose, see articles of association).