About
Kira Stearns is a trusted economist who provides expertise on a range of matters including antitrust and monopolization, consumer harm, class certification, patent damages, trade secret damages, trademark damages, copyright damages, breach of contract, and other commercial disputes. Her work spans the healthcare and retail sectors, with a particular focus on the life sciences industry.
Dr. Stearns has provided analyses in life sciences matters involving CAR-T therapies, radioligand therapies, prodrugs, mRNA vaccines, surgical robotics, and gene-editing technologies. She has also presented research on economic issues affecting biopharmaceutical companies at leading academic conferences, including the Strategic Management Society and Academy of Management annual meetings, and at universities such as UC Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania.
Education
- PhD in strategic management, UCLA Anderson School of Management
- MA in economics, Duke University
- BA in economics, University of California, Los Angeles
Languages
- English
- French