Mispro Biotech Services
As Vice President of Operations & Capital Asset Development, Dr. Astrofsky is responsible for managing Mispro’s daily operations, including facilities, staff, and services. Dr. Astrofsky has more than 20 years’ experience in veterinary & animal laboratory sciences, with expertise in animal care & welfare, program accreditation & compliance, animal model development, husbandry & technical procedures, and animal facility design.
Prior to joining Mispro, Dr. Astrofsky was Executive Director & Global Head, Laboratory Animal Services (LAS) at Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR). Previous to that, he served as Attending Veterinarian & Head, Vivarium Operations with Praecis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Astrofsky is an active member of several professional societies & committees and continues to serve in consulting, teaching, and advisory positions with several biotechnology, non-profit, and academic institutions.
Dr. Astrofsky received his DVM from Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in comparative medicine at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the laboratory of James G. Fox, DVM.
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Mispro Biotech Services
Mispro Biotech Services is an AAALAC-accredited contract vivarium organization (CVO) that offers biopharmaceutical research organizations access to vivarium research space plus animal care and compliance services for preclinical rodent studies. Mispro has locations in all major U.S. & Canadian biotech hubs.