The position he has put forward for what he has argued as “Maximos Sarafis” in 2018, about his non -primary knowledge of Novartis, reiterated in the trial before the one -member Criminal Court for false depositions by the former prostitutes, Filistor Desesbasidis.

The accused, a former executive of the pharmaceutical industry, reiterated in his apology, which began on Monday that what he had testified to the Prosecutors of Corruption was what he had heard from other persons and mainly by the then head Novartis Constantine Frouzi. He added that his claims, as a protected witness, were also his own conclusions from his knowledge of the company’s unfair practices. “It was a corrupt company,” he said, saying that the pharmaceutical industry had strategically designed a method of influence that started by doctors and reached ministers, with the aim of gaining the top of the market in Greece. “The main part of NOVARTIS’s influence and corruption was the doctors, the media. With travel and personal gifts, you could persuade the doctor to write a medicine. This increased the market share of pharmaceuticals and sales. The next level was state officials, who participated in various health authorities, who could influence the approval and compensation of the drug, “he said, adding that ministers who signed drug decisions were also at the targeting of the company. As he said, to meet these needs, the company had set up an invisible fund that was called “Holy Grail”.

The defendant stressed that he worked with naivety and that today “for no reason” would be a protected witness again. “It goes without saying that I wouldn’t do it again for any reason. With no benefit at all, to find myself in the cloths, muddy and dedicated, ”he said, however, saying that the knowledge he has made as a witness to public interest was not used.

Referring to politicians involved in her research then Corruption prosecutor’s officenow his lawmakers, for the pharmaceutical industry, the defendant told the court that he never talked about political entities.

“I hadn’t even heard of a bribery about former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, Evangelos Venizelos and Yiannis Stournaras. Frouzis never told me I will give money to Samaras or Venizelos,” he said.

He said, however, that in his opinion “something happened” to Andrea Loverdos with a specific drug, which he introduced in two weeks, “while normally the process required nine months, which led to great Novartis profits”.

The witness referred extensively to doctors’ bribery, where he said, they were easily detectable as they went money directly to their bank accounts.

“I will deliver you IBAN files and doctors’ names. I have given the Corruption Public Prosecutor’s Office for 4,000 doctors and to date there is no conviction. Most of them the offenses were limited. It makes me an alien impression that there is no conviction, even when there was a support of a category by EOPYY lawyers to certify that the State was damaged. “

The court has planned the apology of the accused Maria Marangeli for what he had claimed as “Catherine Kelesi” on August 26th.