North Jersey Section 0304 Meetings
2008-2009 General Section Meeting Calendar

General Section Meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the La Quinta on Rte. 46 in Fairfield unless other plans are made. Meetings begin at 6:00 PM with dinner at 6:30 PM and the program at 7:30 PM.

Professional Biographical Profile

Steven Ostrove, Ph.D.

Dr. Steven Ostrove has been involved in the Bio-Pharmaceutical business for over 35 years. He has worked as a Senior Technical Specialist in the Technical Service Department of Pharmacia Biotechnology and as the Senior Director of Validation and Regulatory Affairs with major design/build engineering companies.

He opened Ostrove Associates, Inc. (OAI), a Validation, Compliance and Regulatory Affairs consulting company, in 1999. His company has provided consulting services not only to many of the major Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology companies, but also for many of the small start-up companies.

Dr. Ostrove has been an invited course leader, lecturer and guest speaker for both national and international conferences. He has served as an adjunct professor of Pharmaceutical Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology for Validation and Regulatory Affairs and at Kean College in Biology.

Dr. Ostrove has several publications, chapters and articles, in noted industry references. He has recently completed service as the industry representative on an FDA advisory panel. His current assignment is the Acting Manager of Validation for a contract pharmaceutical and OTC manufacturer.