Nicholas Lingle

Director, Patent Attorney - Global Medical Devices and Digital Health @Teva Pharmaceuticals

West Chester, PA, US

Devises and implements global IP strategy for device and digital components of innovative, biosimilar, and generic pharmaceutical products. • Counsels R&D teams on IP aspects of data analytics and AI-facilitated innovations in biologics discovery and scale-up, biomarker identification, and disease-specific diagnostic and symptom assessment. • Manages outside counsel services and budget globally for patent drafting and prosecution, administrative patent proceedings, and freedom-to-operate analysis. • Supports specialty and generic project teams by providing competitor product and portfolio analysis, guidance on design changes and launch dates from project inception through launch, and analysis of third-party platforms for in-licensing opportunities. • Drafts and negotiates contracts critical to medical device and digital product development, sourcing, and partnerships. • Supports acquisition, divestment, and licensing transactions.• Advises R&D teams on best practices for open-source software (OSS) evaluation, license assessment, and log management. • Forges and fosters new working relationships between IP group and multiple global R&D teams to facilitate IP capture, focus patent portfolios, and identify legal risks.• Develops bespoke legal training for a diverse array of R&D stakeholders.