Pieter Talaway, Interbat Attorney
All companies are out to make profit

Founded in 1948, Interbat is one of the country's top five pharmaceutical companies. It manufactures more than 270 pharmaceutical products, some of which are exported to Africa and other countries in Asia. Two months ago, Tempo came upon a document that triggered suspicions of Interbat paying doctors and hospitals in several regions to sell its drugs.

Interbat's CEO Noto Sukamto refused Tempo's request for an interview and instead referred us to the company's lawyer, Pieter Talaway. Talaway rejected all the allegations, claiming that Interbat was the victim of slander by some of the company's disgruntled employees. "There's plenty of unpleasant talk," he said at his Surabaya office two weeks ago.

November 3, 2015