October 12, 2026
Clearer trial evidence and safer disclosure refreshes
Source checks now keep the dates and scope needed to review published trial roles and reported relationships.
- Improved
Linked trial records retain their processing date and distinguish investigators from study contacts, institutions and sponsors.
- Fixed
Disclosure imports recognize ownership-file identities and all five published research-investigator slots.
- Improved
A completed disclosure refresh removes withdrawn records from totals; an interrupted check preserves the previous evidence.
- Improved
Newly confirmed disclosure identities can be checked without repeating the entire source download. Unchecked people remain clearly labelled.
October 11, 2026
Research signals with clear evidence and next steps
Discovery and project profiles now make the brief, research progress and evidence gaps easier to review.
- Improved
Your discovery brief survives project setup, and a completed search now says when profile enrichment is still running.
- New
Choose a discovery priority and see supported places on candidate cards, with shortfalls explained when the evidence is missing.
- New
Project profiles explain their relevance to your brief, show coverage for publications, trial roles, congress programs and payment records, and suggest questions to confirm.
- Improved
Research momentum and reported industry relationships are shown separately from Project Fit, with pending checks and tentative identity matches labelled clearly.
- Fixed
Selected-candidate review buttons stay readable while an action is running.
October 7, 2026
A public roadmap and this update log
You can now see what we are building next, and read every change we ship — in plain language.
- New
An Upcoming features page that shows what is in development, what it will do for your research and why it matters.
- New
This update log. Every major release is written up here in everyday language, so you always know what changed in your workspace.
- Improved
Both pages are now part of the main site navigation: the roadmap sits in the header menu, and this log sits in the footer of every public page.
October 6, 2026
Sharper profiles, cleaner receipts
A quieter, more accurate experience: assessments wait for the full picture, and your exports are easier to find.
- New
The sample shortlist is now a real project deck with fictional portraits, so you can see exactly what your own export will look like before you start.
- Improved
Export history lists every file with its status and a Download button kept in view, so you can find an old export without hunting through the page.
- Improved
A profile's fit verdict now waits until the research behind it has finished, so you never see an assessment built on an incomplete background.
- Improved
Profile pages show every type of activity, reconcile their counts, and explain the exact thresholds behind a full mark instead of leaving you to guess.
- Improved
The landing page now explains why Luminary is different from a general-purpose AI tool.
- Fixed
Broadened how therapy areas are matched, so a profile is no longer linked to the wrong specialty because of a naming variation.
- Improved
Your Founding Member price now stays locked in on every renewal for as long as your account stays active.
October 5, 2026
A refreshed workspace, and photos everyone can see
The biggest visual update since launch, plus a simpler path from signing up to your first search.
- New
Profile photos are now shared across your whole workspace, so every teammate sees the same familiar faces.
- New
Only a workspace owner can send invitations, and the Founding Member counter shows how many places remain out of 25.
- Improved
A new design system across the workspace: clearer tables, consistent avatars and candidate bands, and a calmer layout on both desktop and mobile.
- Improved
Project fit recalculates the moment you save a profile review, with larger avatars and helpful tooltips explaining each assessment.
- Improved
Discovery setup is shorter, and setup now resumes exactly where you left off instead of asking you to start again.
- Improved
Fourteen new answers in the FAQ covering methodology, research accuracy, professions, evaluation and data protection.
- Fixed
Improved text contrast on tinted cards and the search progress panel.
October 4, 2026
A clearer front door, and more accurate fit
The public site now shows the product itself, and clinician assessments are noticeably more reliable.
- New
A rebuilt landing page that leads with what Luminary actually does, plus real examples of the reports you can export.
- Improved
Clinician project fit and exported assessments are more accurate, including scoring that understands different health professions and a wider range of medical wording.
- Improved
Better mobile navigation and source panels, so reviewing a profile on a phone is no longer a compromise.
- Improved
Search engines can find our public pages while your workspace and your research stay private.
- Fixed
Publisher sign-in pages and error headings were being read as an expert's professional activity. They are now correctly ignored.
- Fixed
More institutions' portrait files are recognised, including regional naming conventions that were previously missed.
- Fixed
Export emails now arrive at the right destination, and regional savings examples were corrected.
October 3, 2026
Know your allowance, review candidates faster
Less guesswork about what is left on your plan, and fewer clicks to a decision.
- New
Home shows your remaining research allowance, and unused research pack credits now roll over until the end of your annual term.
- Improved
Candidate review is simpler to follow, with fewer steps and filter menus that fit comfortably on narrow screens.
- Improved
Live search progress appears immediately, and past searches tidy themselves away when a new one begins.
- Improved
Research pack credits return to your balance when monthly capacity is released.
- Fixed
Research citations were sometimes written in the wrong plural form.
October 2, 2026
Built for teams: inbox, assignments and reusable research
Our largest workflow update — everything you need to run research as a team instead of a collection of individuals.
- New
A workspace inbox and a My reviews page, with candidate and shortlist reviews you can assign to a teammate and give a due date.
- New
Global search, pinned projects and recently viewed profiles, so you can get back to your own work in one step.
- New
Reusable criteria sets and personal brief templates, plus automatic recovery of briefs and notes you were still drafting.
- New
Named final shortlists that combine candidates from several sources, with position control and undo when you remove someone.
- Improved
Fit is explained in plain-language points instead of a bare number, with a guide to what a perfect fit actually looks like.
- Improved
Richer side-by-side comparison, a compact sortable table and saved views for your most-used lists.
- Improved
Exports remember your preferred format and now prepare a PDF and a PowerPoint together.
- New
A KOL mapping guide library, a much deeper FAQ, and an About page explaining who builds Luminary.
October 1, 2026
New pricing, redesigned profiles and exports
Simpler plans and a profile and presentation your clients will recognise as professional.
- New
Simpler pricing: Agency, a Founding Member rate for early customers, and a research pack you can add when a project needs more.
- Improved
Redesigned KOL profiles and exports, with headshots and summaries written around your project rather than a biography.
- Improved
PowerPoint exports stay fully editable — text, tables, shapes and links are all yours to adjust before the meeting.
- Improved
Project fit refreshes automatically as new professional activity is gathered, so scores do not go stale.
- New
A security and privacy packet you can hand straight to your IT or procurement team.
September 29, 2026
Billing that fits your budget cycle
Yearly plans, clear renewal control, and a smoother welcome for the rest of your team.
- New
Yearly billing with an auto-renew control you can change yourself at any time.
- New
Team seats, with a guided invitation flow and a proper welcome email for each new teammate.
- Improved
Brief-first onboarding takes you from signing up to your first KOL shortlist with far less setup.
- Improved
Clearer marketing pages explaining what Luminary does and how to try it.
- Improved
Applied a security update to the framework that powers the application.
September 25, 2026
The redesigned research workspace
Projects, candidates and profiles rebuilt around the way research actually gets done in an agency.
- New
A redesigned workspace with proper project pages, library refinement filters and grouped settings.
- New
Workspace switching you can trust, and project decisions that never hide a profile from you.
- Improved
One consistent progress indicator, so you always know whether research is queued, running or finished.
- Improved
Exports are checked before they are generated, and the assessment they contain is recorded with them.
- Improved
Evidence freshness now accounts for revisions, so a profile tells you when it was last verified.
September 24, 2026
Home for the whole team
Joining a workspace, leaving one and renaming your organization all work the way you would expect.
- New
Invitation and completion emails, so people always know what to do next.
- New
Leave a workspace, and rename your organization, without contacting support.
- Improved
Smoother sign-in, review, research and directory flows, with clearer messages when something goes wrong.
- Improved
New members join the workspace that invited them instead of being given a workspace of their own.
September 20, 2026
Evidence you can inspect
The foundations of the research quality you rely on today.
- New
Source-linked profiles and an evidence review step, so every important finding shows what supports it.
- New
Project fit presented as clear descriptions instead of an unexplained number.
- Improved
Profile photos and citations repaired across thousands of profiles, with names and identifiers normalised so duplicates are far less likely.
- Improved
Password recovery that works the first time, and reliable profile downloads.
- Improved
Customer-facing messages reviewed and rewritten: no more internal instructions, just what you need to know.
- Improved
Account and photo management, mobile layout and export fixes from a full review of the product.
September 13, 2026
Getting started, faster
A guided path for new members and richer profiles from the very first search.
- New
A guided setup for new members that walks through clients, projects and a first search.
- New
Recent professional activity is gathered automatically during discovery and refresh, so a new profile is useful straight away.
- Improved
Research allowances rebalanced so the numbers are easier to predict across a project.
- Improved
Clearer error pages and a single support address for every question.
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