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As Expected, Orchid BioSciences Changes Name to Orchid Cellmark

Jun 09, 2005

NEW YORK, June 9 (GenomeWeb News) - Orchid BioSciences will change its name to Orchid Cellmark to reflect what the company said is its new emphasis on DNA-based identity testing, the company said today.

 

Orchid said that shareholders approved the name change at the Princeton, NJ-based company's annual stockholders meeting yesterday.

The new name would reference the Cellmark DNA testing services unit that Orchid acquired in 2001.

 

Orchid said in April it had planned to suggest the name change to shareholders this month.

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