Excelya Author

Dr Nikitas Nanidis

Global Director of Medical Affairs  •  Safety Physician  •  Medical Monitor • Medical Writer • Medical Advisor

Medical Research Perspective

Bringing medical and scientific expertise to clinical research

Dr Nikitas Nanidis is Director of Global Medical Affairs at Excelya, bringing 21 years of clinical experience, including 12 years at Excelya. His expertise spans roles in medical monitoring, medical writing, safety physician, and medical advisory in clinical strategy, and regulatory pathways, across various therapeutic areas, such as Oncology, CNS, Cardiology, and Immunology

Over the course of his career at Excelya, he has supported clinical programmes across a range of therapeutic areas, combining medical expertise with a focus on patient safety, scientific quality, and robust clinical decision-making.

Medical Affairs

Medical Affairs strategy, department leadership, SOP development, training, tools, process improvement and project support.

Medical Monitoring

Study document review, medical review plans, patient data review, eCRF queries, protocol deviations, coded data and study team collaboration.

Safety & Clinical Review

Medical safety review, adverse-event assessment, pharmacovigilance collaboration and clinical data reconciliation.

Therapeutic Experience

Clinical research experience across multiple therapeutic areas:

Featured Article

Prediction Markets in Clinical Trials: Risks to Trial Integrity

Nikitas examines how prediction markets could influence clinical trial participants, create incentives around confidential information and introduce new risks for trial integrity, CROs and clinical trial sponsors.

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