Mr Allman has over 30 years of scientific research leadership and innovation with a focus on commercialisation. He has experience in research leadership, innovation management, and intellectual property strategy, covering oncology, diagnostics, and product development. Recent successes include the strategic design and management of a second-generation breast cancer risk assessment test from concept to commercial launch and a similar test for colorectal cancer. These tests have now been NATA accredited and comprise the first commercially available polygenic risk tests in Australia. More recently he has supervised the underlying R&D, translation, regulatory approval, patent filing and commercial launch of a Covid-19 disease severity test within a 12-month period. This strategy has been utilised to expedite a product development pipeline covering 6 major cancers, cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes which were commercially launched in March 2023.
