Planet Innovation in Box Hill, Victoria | Consultation agency

Planet Innovation

Locality: Box Hill, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9945 7510

Address: 436 Elgar Rd 3128 Box Hill, VIC, Australia

Website: https://planetinnovation.com

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22.01.2022 "While economic recovery from the pandemic hinges on the creation of a vaccine, mass testing through the use of readily available diagnostics kits could be crucial in reinforcing the health system and helping reopen parts of the economy." Great piece by Emma Koehn for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald about how rapid diagnostics could aid Australia's recovery post-COVID. Sam Lanyon, Executive Chair of our spin-off company Lumos Diagnostics, was among those interviewed for the article.

21.01.2022 Building digital connectivity into your healthcare or laboratory device makes it easy to collect data and automate activities, but is a cloud or on-premises solution the best fit for you? Kaushal Vyas, GM of PI Digital, outlines 5 key considerations.

21.01.2022 Our co-CEO Sam Lanyon will share his insights into developing breakthrough products and successful businesses at this webinar on Wednesday, October 14 at 1.30-2.30pm. Joining Sam will be EverEdge Managing Director Michael Masterson and Kain Lawyers Director Gerry Cawson. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/3nnkcff

14.01.2022 Following the news that Lumos Diagnostics has closed an oversubscribed $25m capital raise, Lumos's Executive Chair Sam Lanyon spoke to the team at ausbiz about the company's growth plans.

13.01.2022 Lumos Diagnostics Executive Chair Sam Lanyon spoke to Ticker TV about Lumos's plans following its successful $25 million capital raising.

12.01.2022 Our co-CEO Stuart Elliott has written a piece for SmartCompany calling on Australian governments to use their procurement powers to buy more locally-made medical products. Buying more Australian-made medical products is in the interest of people’s health and the economy. It is a decision that we can make today to build an industry for tomorrow.

11.01.2022 Silicon Valley start-up Levitas Bio is doing amazing work using magnetic levitation to sort cells. Great to help them take the LeviCell from early stage prototype to launch in only 4 months.

11.01.2022 PI protects onsite employees from COVID-19 with SteraMist an innovative disinfection spray manufactured at PI for worldwide distribution. SteraMist, a TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc. product, uses ionized hydrogen peroxide mist to achieve decontamination levels suitable for use in a wide range of settings including hospitals, clinics, aged care, schools and factories. Find out more: https://bit.ly/31lDbxy

07.01.2022 Great piece in the Financial Review on the potential of digital healthcare. Our co-CEO Sam Lanyon was asked to contribute alongside Bronwyn Le Grice from ANDHealth. Here's a snippet from Sam's interview for those who don't have an AFR subscription: "You can spend years proving efficacy and safety yet still come out with a commercially rubbish idea. Instead you need to start with the market and figure out what it needs such as Lumos Diagnostics' rapid point-of-care tests. That's how you create commercial success, generate momentum, bring investors into the health sector and raise up the next generation of entrepreneurs to build on that success."

06.01.2022 Our spin-off company Lumos Diagnostics has closed an oversubscribed $25 million capital raise, ahead of an anticipated listing on the ASX next year. In an exclusive article in the Financial Review, Lumos Executive Chair Sam Lanyon said: ‘‘The $25 million gives us capacity to achieve some significant corporate milestones. We’re spending the money on expanding our manufacturing capacity and also investing in sales and marketing to drive FebriDx in markets where we already have ...clinical approval." Read the Financial Review article: https://bit.ly/34rHojB Read the post on our website: https://bit.ly/36HOgfo

05.01.2022 PI’s GM of Manufacturing, Colin Potter, and other industry experts will discuss the future of regulated manufacturing on a virtual panel session for AusBiotech + Invest 2020 this Wednesday, October 28. Get your tickets: https://bit.ly/2TmgODD

05.01.2022 Reading glasses may become a thing of the past, thanks to a novel eye drop being developed by Visus Therapeutics. Visus, a company backed by Planet Innovation, has started a clinical development program for an eye drop that can restore the loss of near vision associated with aging.

04.01.2022 PI and Lumos Diagnostics have won two awards at the 2020 Good Design Awards, including a Gold Accolade for Lumos’s Leelu Reader. The Leelu is a compact, configurable diagnostic reader used in the development of rapid point-of-care tests capable of detecting infectious diseases in clinics, GP offices or at home. The Good Design Australia jury praised the Leelu, commenting: This very clever device is well positioned for the current COVID situation, enabling faster tests for infection. It looks brilliantly simple, efficient, and beautifully designed. Congratulations to our talented design team who are working tirelessly to advance the diagnostic point-of-care sector.