Kingsley Urakpo
Founder & Managing Member

Kingsley Urakpo
MD, MSc, MBA, FFPM

MD, MSc, MBA, FFPM-RCP
Consultant Pharmaceutical Physician
Clinical Development & Drug Safety Executive
kingsley.urakpo@naddbio.com +1 617 407 8015 LinkedIn

Senior Pharmaceutical Physician with 17+ years of global biopharma experience across clinical development, pharmacovigilance, medical affairs, and regulatory strategy. Trusted advisor to biotech CEOs, CROs, and investors, delivering senior physician leadership without permanent executive overhead.

Core Expertise

Comprehensive pharmaceutical medicine expertise spanning the full drug development lifecycle

Clinical Development

Strategy across Phases I-IV, protocol design, medical oversight, and regulatory readiness from FIH to post-marketing

Pharmacovigilance & Drug Safety

Signal detection, RMP/REMS, DSUR, PBRER, safety governance, and risk-management frameworks

Medical Monitoring

Medical affairs leadership, benefit-risk assessment, and scientific communications

Regulatory Strategy

Health authority engagement with FDA, EMA, MHRA, PMDA, and TGA

Due Diligence

Clinical and safety due diligence supporting licensing deals, M&A, and asset transactions

Fractional Leadership

Interim executive medical leadership for biotech and pharma sponsors

Career Highlights

Leadership experience across global pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations

Selected Experience

Praxis Precision Medicines

Medical Monitor

2025 - 2026 | Neuroscience
Eli Lilly & Company / ExploR&D (Chorus)

Physician

2022 - 2025 | Immunology, Obesity & Diabetes, Pain
AstraZeneca

Associate Director, Physician, Oncology

2014 - 2016
Safety leadership for TAGRISSO (NSCLC) and multiple oncology assets
Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc

Medical Director

2017 - 2019
Global clinical development leadership across neuroscience and rare diseases

Education & Credentials

  • F Fellow, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (FFPM-RCP)
  • S Specialist Registration - Pharmaceutical Medicine (UK PMST)
  • M MSc, Precision Cancer Medicine - University of Oxford
  • M MBA / Entrepreneurship - Cambridge Judge Business School
  • A MIT Sloan - Artificial Intelligence in Pharma & Biotech (2023)
  • C Certified Physician Investigator (CPI)
  • F Fellow, International Society of Nephrology

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