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Ian Somaiya

Managing Director
Biotechnology
+1 212.271.3761
isomaiya@tweisel.com


Ian Somaiya is a Managing Director at Thomas Weisel Partners LLC and covers Biotechnology. Ian has been recognized as the "Best on the Street" by the Wall Street Journal for his coverage on Biotechnology in 2006 and 2007. Formerly, Ian was a Senior Analyst at Morgan Stanley with responsibilities for small- and mid-capitalization biotechnology companies. He spent a year with The Carson Group in its Healthcare Consulting practice prior to making his transition to the sell side at Prudential Securities and later at Morgan Stanley. Ian also spent five years at the VA Hospital's Endocrinology Laboratory and at the Center for Neuroscience at New York University. Ian received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology/Neuroscience from New York University.
Coverage List

Ticker
  Company Name   Rating  
Market Cap (mn)
AFFY
  Affymax, Inc.   Overweight  
$258 USD
AMGN
  Amgen Inc.   Overweight  
$67,407 USD
AMLN
  Amylin Pharmaceuticals   Market Weight  
$2,811 USD
ARRY
  Array BioPharma Inc.   Overweight  
$388 USD
BIIB
  Biogen Idec Inc.   Market Weight  
$14,829 USD
CELG
  Celgene Corporation   Overweight  
$32,229 USD
DCGN
  deCODE genetics, Inc.   Market Weight  
$71 USD
DNA
  Genentech, Inc.   Market Weight  
$103,348 USD
GENZ
  Genzyme Corporation   Overweight  
$21,046 USD
GILD
  Gilead Sciences, Inc.   Overweight  
$49,445 USD
HGSI
  Human Genome Sciences, Inc.   Overweight  
$957 USD
MBRX
  Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc.   Market Weight  
$55 USD
NBIX
  Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.   Market Weight  
$204 USD
RIGL
  Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.   Overweight  
$836 USD
THRX
  Theravance, Inc.   Overweight  
$714 USD
VRTX
  Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.   Overweight  
$3,826 USD