Associate Director Patent Attorney

Date: Aug 27, 2025

Location:

Tel Aviv, Israel, 0000000

Company: Teva Pharmaceuticals

Job Id: 63649

Who we are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

The Associate Director, Patent role has responsibility for IP strategy development and implementation for Teva's generic products for the European and International markets. This role partners with others in the Legal Department as well as R&D, Business Development, Medis, regulatory affairs and portfolio to provide patent support for the development and commercialization of Teva’s generic products in the European and International markets. The role reports directly to the Senior Director, Patent.

How you’ll spend your day

Collaborate with R&D Associates to determine/develop design-around formulations.
Collaborate with outside counsel to determine/develop invalidity positions to relevant patents.
Determine launch strategy, including labeling carve outs, and assess risk associated with launch.
Manage European Patent Office Oppositions and similar actions in national patent offices.
Manage Unified Patent Court revocations.
Collaborate with colleagues in other teams to ensure all global issues are addressed, including manufacturing site, device, and API issues.
Collaborate with Regulatory Affairs Associates to support regulatory submissions.
Collaborate with Portfolio Team to support identification of potential generic products for Teva’s European and International markets including providing IP landscapes and IP launch scenarios.
Collaborate with Business Development to determine launch strategy, including labeling carve outs, and assess risk associated with launch for in-licensed generic products.
Collaborate with Medis to support Medis’ out-licensing of Teva’s generic products.
Manage outside opinion counsel to ensure high quality work product on time and within budget.

Your experience and qualifications

Collaborate with R&D Associates to determine/develop design-around formulations.
Collaborate with outside counsel to determine/develop invalidity positions to relevant patents.
Determine launch strategy, including labeling carve outs, and assess risk associated with launch.
Manage European Patent Office Oppositions and similar actions in national patent offices.
Manage Unified Patent Court revocations.
Collaborate with colleagues in other teams to ensure all global issues are addressed, including manufacturing site, device, and API issues.
Collaborate with Regulatory Affairs Associates to support regulatory submissions.
Collaborate with Portfolio Team to support identification of potential generic products for Teva’s European and International markets including providing IP landscapes and IP launch scenarios.
Collaborate with Business Development to determine launch strategy, including labeling carve outs, and assess risk associated with launch for in-licensed generic products.
Collaborate with Medis to support Medis’ out-licensing of Teva’s generic products.
Manage outside opinion counsel to ensure high quality work product on time and within budget.

Reports To

Sr Dir Patent

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