David Amsellem is a Principal and Senior Research Analyst at Piper Jaffray who covers specialty pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Piper Jaffray in 2008, Mr. Amsellem spent five years at Friedman Billings Ramsey, where he was a Senior Research Analyst covering small- and mid-cap pharmaceuticals from 2006 to 2008, and a Senior Associate on the biotechnology equity research team from 2003 to 2006. Mr. Amsellem was recognized as the number one-ranked analyst in North America for accuracy of earnings estimates in the pharmaceuticals sector in the 2008 Financial Times/StarMine “Best Brokerage Analyst” survey. He graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor’s degree in industrial relations.
