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Linda DeGraw

Director, Contracts Specialist
Director, Contracts Specialist
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Areas of Focus

Overview

Linda DeGraw has dedicated more than 25 years to drafting, negotiating, and managing contracts in the biopharmaceutical industry, including the specialized agreements required for large, multi-center international clinical studies. 

Linda leverages her deep in-house and law firm experience to provide practical and actionable advice to clients on a wide range of agreements for the research and development of drug, medical device, and gene and cell therapy products, including master services, consulting, and clinical study site agreements.

Career & Education

    • Consultant to Legal Division, Warner Chilcott (now Allergan)
      • Drafted and negotiated various agreements relating to the pharmaceutical industry.
    • Manager, Pharmaceutical Licensing & Business Development, Warner-Lambert Company (now Pfizer)
      • Evaluated licensing opportunities
      • Assisted in structuring business deals
    • Legal Advisor, Corporate Legal Division, Warner-Lambert Company (now Pfizer)
      • Responsible for a broad range of agreements relating to research and drug development activities
    • Consultant to Legal Division, Warner Chilcott (now Allergan)
      • Drafted and negotiated various agreements relating to the pharmaceutical industry.
    • Manager, Pharmaceutical Licensing & Business Development, Warner-Lambert Company (now Pfizer)
      • Evaluated licensing opportunities
      • Assisted in structuring business deals
    • Legal Advisor, Corporate Legal Division, Warner-Lambert Company (now Pfizer)
      • Responsible for a broad range of agreements relating to research and drug development activities

    • RKD Paralegal Studies, Inc., Paralegal Certificate
    • Thomas Edison State University, B.S., Business Administration
    • Fairleigh Dickinson University, M.B.A.
    • RKD Paralegal Studies, Inc., Paralegal Certificate
    • Thomas Edison State University, B.S., Business Administration
    • Fairleigh Dickinson University, M.B.A.

Representative Matters

  • Supported contracting for numerous large, multinational, pivotal clinical studies, including site feasibility, clinical site, master services agreements, facility use, consortium, and informed consents. Recent examples include:
    • Multiple, concurrent clinical trials of precision medicine therapeutics, including multinational Phase 2/3 trials involving over 80 sites in North America, Europe, and Asia.
    • Multiple concurrent clinical trials of a bifunctional monoclonal antibody that targets B cells for multiple autoimmune diseases, including multinational Phase 3 trials involving over 100 sites in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
    • Phase 2/3 gene therapy clinical trial involving approximately 12 subjects across five sites in Europe and the U.S.
  • Drafted and negotiated multi-million-dollar master services agreements with global contract research organizations for large, multinational clinical studies of therapeutic, medical device, and gene therapy products.