Speaker Profile
Vice President, Clinical Pharmacology Sciences, Gilead
Biography
Dr. Sandhya Girish is the Vice President of Clinical Pharmacology Sciences at Gilead Sciences, Inc. Dr. Girish provides strategic and scientific leadership for clinical pharmacology, pharmacometrics and bioanalytical strategies for NMEs spanning both early and late stages of development. Her department is actively involved in a variety of pediatric and adult RD programs across virology, oncology, and inflammation therapeutics areas and is responsible for integrated clinical pharmacology, and MS strategies, including applying MIDD approaches where appropriate. Sandhya has organized technical sessions, workshops and roundtable discussions on therapeutic protein drug interactions, ADCsTDCs, Novel Combinations, Organ Impairment, FIH dosing etc. With support from her team Dr. Girish has successfully led and supported numerous submissions, including but not limited to Herceptin, Perjeta, Kadcyla, TECENTRIQ, POLIVY, Trodelvy, Sunlenca, etc. Sandhya is passionate about combining insights from clinical trials with data from virtual clinical trials, RWD, AIML to accelerate drug development.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2025 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Maggie Chapman, Labcorp
- Cross-Application of Oncology Drugs in Rare Diseases
- Razelle Kurzrock, Medical College of Wisconsin
- PMWC 2025 Award Ceremony
Luminary Honoree: David R. Liu, Broad Institute & Crystal Mackal, Stanford University
Pioneer Honoree: Drew Weissman, Penn Medicine
- Keynote: Base Editing, Prime Editing, and Targeted Gene Integration: Precision Therapeutic Genome Editingn
- David R. Liu, Broad Institute
- Breakthroughs in Cancer Immunotherapy: mRNA Vaccines and CAR T-Cell Advances (PANEL)
Chair: Rick Klausner, Altos Labs
- Drew Weissman, Penn Medicine
- Ira Mellman, Formelly with Genentech
- Crystal Mackal, Stanford University - Next-Generation ADCs: Challenges and Innovations in Immunotherapy Combinations (PANEL)
Chair: Sandhya Girish, Gilead
- Bin Liu, UCSF
- Strategic IP Management in Cell and Gene Therapy: Navigating Legal and Practical Challenges
- Janet Xiao, Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Advances in Allogeneic Cell Therapies: Overcoming Hurdles and Expanding Applications (PANEL)
Chair: Elliot Norry, Adaptimmune
- Larry Lamb, IN8bio
- Indu Ramachandran, Century Therapeutics - Transforming Cancer Treatment: Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Breakthroughs
Chair: Catriona Jamieson, UCSD Health
- Irv Weisman, Stanford
- Advancements and Future Directions in Therapeutic Ultrasound for Precision Medicine
Chair: Masha Stromme, EXACT Therapeutics
- Bradford Elmer, Sanofi
- John de Groot, UCSF
- Raag Airan, Stanford
