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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2018-01-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000818686</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TEVA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001721521</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Peres Nechemia Jacob</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>5 BASEL STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PETACH TIKVA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>L3</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>4951033</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>ISRAEL</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Restricted Share Units</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Ordinary Shares</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>7956</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Restricted share units were granted on August 11, 2017 and vest on August 11, 2020.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The Ordinary Shares may be represented by American Depositary Shares, each of which currently represents one Ordinary Share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Each restricted share unit represents a contingent right to receive, at settlement, one ordinary share or, at the option of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, the cash value of one ordinary share.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>The Reporting Person is filing this form in connection with the Issuer's transition from a foreign private issuer to a domestic issuer, effective January 1, 2018.

Exhibit List
     Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Dov Bergwerk, as attorney-in-fact for Nechemia J. Peres</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-01-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
