ah, umm, huh-uh, huh-uh. and then having come to that realization, they then continued to pay him $1.2 million over the course of the year. is that really how companies work? like big publicly traded multinational companies that are in an intensely regulated environment, and lots of countries in which they operate. really, novartis, that's how you do business? those questions or questions like them led to the fourth revision of novartis' statement today. a spokesman for the company now telling reporter ed silverman at stat news.com which is a health care reporting outfit, a spokesman for the company telling stat news, quote, this episode was clearly a mistake. novartis also admitting in this final statement, and who knows if it's a final statement. maybe there will be yet more revisions. novartis ultimately admitting