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 statnews.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 that not only did they get questioned as a corporation about this deal with michael cohen, but their previous ceo, who quit unexpectedly last fall, and he is being blamed now for having set up this deal with michael cohen, the company is now admitting that their previous ceo, he also was personally interviewed by the lawyers from mueller's office. novartis has had its own problems with corruption. two years ago they paid $25 million to settle an investigation that they bribed people in china to help their business.