This article has been updated to reflect further commentary made by the company.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Last month, iCareDx announced that it was rebranding itself as Acuamark Diagnostics as it works to raise funds for its first round of clinical testing.
"It is a more precise reflection of what we are doing," Acuamark President and CEO Bernard Peperstraete told GenomeWeb. "Acua is also a play on accurate and liquid, and Acuamark — or watermark — reflects that each cancer leaves a barely visible imprint, and needs to be looked at in a different light."