Porcia A. Thurston

Clinical Contracts and Finance Associate

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

• Reviewed, drafted, negotiated and managed a variety of clinical trial agreements, amendments, and assignment agreements
• Worked in project management of clinical trials

• Drafted, negotiated, and coordinated clinical trial and related agreements for multiple clinical trials of precision medicine therapeutics sponsored by IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc., including phase 2/3 trials involving over 80 sites in North America, Europe and Asia
• Drafted, negotiated, and coordinated clinical trial and related templates and agreements for multiple clinical trials of a bifunctional monoclonal antibody that targets B cells for multiple autoimmune diseases sponsored by Zenas Biopharma (USA) LLC, including phase 3 trials involving over 100 sites in North America, South America, Europe and Asia
• Drafted, negotiated and managed clinical trial templates and related agreements for a Phase 2 cardiovascular clinical trial of a PDE9 inhibitor sponsored by Cardurion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. involving approximately 145 sites in Western and Eastern Europe
• Drafted, negotiated and coordinated multiple Phase 2 clinical trials of an aurora kinase inhibitor sponsored by Puma Biotechnology, Inc., involving over 60 sites in the US and Europe
• Drafted and negotiated agreements with service providers for clinical and preclinical studies of therapeutic and medical device products, including multi-million dollar master services agreements with large, global research organizations

Porcia has donated time to Feed the Hood, a program that is part of the East Oakland Collective, a non-profit organization in Oakland, California dedicated to helping community members of East Oakland. Porcia has also volunteered with the California Reentry Program, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping formerly incarcerated individuals in San Quentin State Prison successfully reenter into society.

While in law school, Porcia volunteered at a non-profit organization called Safe Streets Strong Communities in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, and served as the General Relief Advocacy Program (GRAP) chair person, assisting those in need of obtaining public benefits at various Department of Social Services locations around Los Angeles, California.