Sam Lanyon

Sam Lanyon

Sam is a co-founder of Planet Innovation. He is an innovative and strategic business leader with significant experience in strategy, sales and operations with a successful track record in the global commercialization of technology-rich products.

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News, stories and opinions for the business innovators of the world.

Tackling the global health threat of antibiotic resistance through Lumos Diagnostics and the FebriDx test

Diagnostics

November 18-24 is World Antibiotic Awareness Week, so it’s a good time to draw attention to the global health challenge of antibiotic resistance, which Planet Innovation is combating through its business Lumos Diagnostics.

Sam LanyonExecutive Director and co-founder
Sam Lanyon

6 principles that deliver commercially successful products

Product Development

The product development journey can be exciting but harrowing for even the most experienced company let alone the first time innovator. Here are a six principles that successful companies follow.

Sam LanyonExecutive Director and co-founder
Sam Lanyon

How Genea changed the world of IVF through automation

Product Development

Despite 30 years of IVF practice the process of freezing human embryos, known as vitrification, has remained extremely manual and susceptible to errors and inconsistencies by embryologists. In 2009, Genea Biomedx teamed up with Planet Innovation to solve this challenge by automating IVF vitrification and finally making the process consistent and standardised for labs around the world.

Sam LanyonExecutive Director and co-founder
Sam Lanyon