Dr. Mahendra Thakre
Associate Vice President (Senior IP Counsel)
VIATRIS (Mylan Laboratories Limited)
Personal Profile
Dr. Mahendra Thakre is an in-house patent counsel working as Senior General Manager, Global Intellectual Property - Legal at Mylan Laboratories Limited based at Hyderabad (India). During over around 20 years of industrial and academic experience in organizations like Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, and National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), he has established an expertise in strategy for para IV & generic opportunity in US in-line with Hatch-Waxman Act, opposition, invalidity opinion preparation for blocking patents, IP strategy, and patent litigation across geographies. He has strong experience in pharmaceutical/ regulatory legislation, patents, in-bound patent / technology licensing, policy analysis. He has deep interest in IP Policy in developing countries and advise senior leadership team on critical issues and policy developments. Dr. Thakre has expertise in the pharmaceuticals domain and presently handling IP litigation, opposition and IP policy in Mylan for India. He is also an eminent speaker in various conferences and symposiums and is a visiting professor in number of premier institutions in India. He has earned his Doctoral Degree (PhD), Masters in Business Management, Masters in Pharmaceutical Sciences, PG Diploma in Patents Law and a degree in Law (LLB).
