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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-23-152921
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230524
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230524

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000818686
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			L3
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16174
		FILM NUMBER:		23954079

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 BAZEL ST
		STREET 2:		P O B 3190
		CITY:			PETACH TIKVA
		STATE:			L3
		ZIP:			49131
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9729267267

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED
		STREET 2:		5 BAZEL ST PO B 3190
		CITY:			PETACH TIKVA
		STATE:			L3
		ZIP:			49131
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Filed by the
Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">Check</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Preliminary Proxy Statement </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Confidential, For Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-6(e)(2))</FONT></B> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Definitive Proxy Statement </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Definitive Additional Materials </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Soliciting Material under <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#167;240.14a-12</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:20pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">No fee required. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-6(i)(1)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">0-11.</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NOTICE OF 2023 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS&nbsp;&amp; PROXY STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE&nbsp;15, 2023 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This proxy statement supplement dated May&nbsp;24, 2023 (the &#147;Supplement&#148;) supplements the Notice of 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders&nbsp;&amp;
Proxy Statement (the &#147;Proxy Statement&#148;) filed by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (the &#147;Company&#148;) on April&nbsp;19, 2023 in connection with the Company&#146;s 2023 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the &#147;Annual
Meeting&#148;) to be held on June&nbsp;15, 2023, at 4:00 p.m., Israel time / 9:00 a.m., Eastern time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As described in Proposal 1 of the Proxy Statement,
the Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) recommended Dr.&nbsp;Sol&nbsp;J. Barer, Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk and Janet S. Vergis to stand for election as directors at the Annual Meeting. However, Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk, a director nominee
named in Proposal 1(b) of the Proxy Statement, informed the Company of her decision to withdraw her candidacy for personal reasons. Ms.&nbsp;Braverman-Blumenstyk does not currently serve on the Board. Therefore, the nomination of
Ms.&nbsp;Braverman-Blumenstyk is withdrawn, and no other nominee for election at the Annual Meeting will be named in place of Ms.&nbsp;Braverman-Blumenstyk in the Proxy. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Following the withdrawal of Ms.&nbsp;Braverman-Blumenstyk&#146;s nomination, the composition of the Board, subject to the approval by shareholders of Proposal
1 to the Proxy Statement, will consist of 10 directors as follows: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">9 out of 10 of our directors will be independent under NYSE regulations. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We will continue to have three directors who identify as female out of 10 members serving on our Board, the
average tenure will be reduced to 6 years of service, and the average age of our directors will be reduced to 61.9 years. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Voting
Matters </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The form of proxy card included in the Company&#146;s definitive proxy materials remains valid, notwithstanding the withdrawal of
Ms.&nbsp;Braverman-Blumenstyk as a director nominee under Proposal 1(b). Proxy cards and voting instruction forms already returned by holders of the Company&#146;s ordinary shares or ADSs will remain valid and will be voted at the Annual Meeting
unless revoked. Proxy cards and voting instruction forms received in respect of the election of Ms.&nbsp;Braverman-Blumenstyk under Proposal 1(b) will not be voted with respect to her election, but will continue to be voted as directed or otherwise
as set forth therein and in the Proxy Statement with respect to all matters properly brought before the Annual Meeting, including the election of the other director nominees. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If you have already returned your proxy card or provided voting instructions, you do not need to take any action unless you wish to change your vote in
connection with any other matter brought before the Annual Meeting by submitting a new proxy card or voting instruction. If you have not yet returned your proxy card or submitted your voting instructions, please complete and return the proxy card or
submit voting instructions, disregarding Proposal 1(b) naming Ms.&nbsp;Braverman-Blumenstyk as a nominee for election as director. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None of the other
proposals to be presented at the Annual Meeting, as described in the Proxy Statement, are affected by this Supplement, and you should carefully review the Proxy Statement prior to voting. Information regarding the Annual Meeting and how to vote your
ordinary shares or ADSs, or revoke your proxy or voting instructions, is available in the Proxy Statement. The Proxy Statement is also available on the Company&#146;s website at&nbsp;www.tevapharm.com/2023proxymaterials. This Supplement is being
made available online at the same location on or about May&nbsp;24, 2023. </P>
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