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Mark Dempster

Managing Director
Healthcare Investment Banking
+1 212.271.3732
mdempster@tweisel.com


Mark Dempster is a Managing Director in Healthcare Investment Banking at Thomas Weisel Partners. Mark joined the firm in 2008 and is based in New York. Within the healthcare space, Mark focuses on the biotechnology and specialty pharmaceuticals subsectors. Mark has over 15 years of experience in both investment banking and consulting, including most recently five years at Banc of America Securities, where he was a Principal in Healthcare Investment Banking. Prior to Banc of America, Mark was a Vice President in the Mergers & Acquisitions group at JP Morgan Securities. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Bradley University and received his M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.
Notable Transactions

Company Name
Ticker Trans. Type Trans. Amt.
(in M)
Trans. Date
Alpharma/3i Group
ALO M&A $395.0 USD 4/1/08
Penwest Pharmaceuticals
PPCO PP $25.0 USD 3/6/08
TPG/Axcan Pharmaceuticals
-- M&A $1,300.0 USD 2/25/08
Onyx Pharmaceuticals
ONXX FO $185.0 USD 6/20/07
Acorda Therapeutics
ACOR FO $80.0 USD 6/7/07
Pharmasset
VRUS IPO $45.0 USD 4/26/07
Alpharma
ALO CVT $300.0 USD 3/15/07
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
ALNY FO $101.0 USD 12/12/06
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
LARX PP $40.0 USD 10/23/06
Trubion Pharmaceuticals
TRBN IPO $52.0 USD 10/17/06
ISTA Pharmaceuticals
ISTA CVT $40.0 USD 6/23/06
Gilead Sciences
GILD CVT $1,300.0 USD 4/20/06
Seattle Genetics
SGEN FO $40.0 USD 3/29/06
Acorda Therapeutics
ACOR IPO $35.0 USD 2/9/06
Alpharma/Actavis
ALO M&A $810.0 USD 12/19/05

TWP transactions indicated in bold.