Alex Charitou

Partner, MedTech Lead at EY

Alexandros Charitou is a Partner in the EY Global Life Sciences Practice, leading the Global Patent Safety Centre of Excellence team. He has over 25 years of experience in healthcare and life sciences, he provides expertise in strategic commercial opportunity assessments, clinical advisory, quality, safety and regulatory strategy supporting both medical technology, diagnostic and pharmaceutical companies. As a former Notified body in-house clinician, Alex is a subject matter expert on European medical device regulatory and commercial strategy as well as the new European Medical Device and In Vitro Diagnostic Regulations (MDR and IVDR). He has worked extensively with medical affairs and safety teams as well as European regulators. He has a special interest in software as a medical device, wearables and device drug-device combination products