Employee Profile

COMSATS University Islamabad

Lahore Campus

Dr. Imran Nazir
Associate Professor
Pharmacy
Area of Interest
Pharmaceutics, Oral drug delivery, Mucosal drug delivery, Nanocarrier systems, Lipid-based drug delivery systems, Zeta potential changing systems, Hydrophobic H-bond Pairing
Office Telephone
111-001-007 Ext.
Official Email
Available via Message Portal

Biography

Publications

Journal Papers 0
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Rabia Gul, Hamid Bashir, Muhammad Sarfraz, Ahson Jabbar Shaikh, Yousef A Bin Jardan, Zahid Hussain, Muhammad Hassham Hassan Bin Asad, Faisal Gulzar, Bo Guan, Imran Nazir, Muhammad Imran Amirzada (2024), "Human plasma derived exosomes: Impact of active and passive drug loading approaches on drug delivery", Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, pp: 102096, Vol: 32, Issue: 6, ISSN: 1319-0164, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2024.102096, Impact Factor: 3.0
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Hamid Saeed Shah, Sumera Zaib, Faisal Usman, Muhammad Sarfraz, Rabia Faiz, Saira Abdul Rehman, Azmat Ali Khan, Amer M Alanazi, Riffat Khan, Usman Nasrullah, Imran Nazir (2024), "Synthesis, characterization, pharmacological and computational evaluation of hyaluronic acid modified chebulinic acid encapsulated chitosan nanocomposite for cancer therapy", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, pp: 130160, Vol: 263, ISSN: 1879-0003, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130160 , Impact Factor: 7.7
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Farwa Muskan Khalid, Muhammad Ijaz, Arshad Mahmood, Muhammad Khurram Waqas, Talib Hussain, Mulazim Hussain Asim, Nadeem Ahmad, Shumaila Arshad, Masood Ur Rehman, Imran Nazir (2023), "Mucoadhesive, Fluconazole-Loaded Nanogels Complexed with Sulfhydryl-ß-cyclodextrin for Oral Thrush Treatment", AAPS PharmSciTech, pp: 194, Vol: 24, Issue: 7, ISSN: 1530-9932, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1208/s12249-023-02653-1, Impact Factor: 3.4
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Muhammad Asad, Akhtar Rasul, Ghulam Abbas, Muhammad Ajmal Shah, Imran Nazir (2023), "Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems: A versatile approach to enhance the oral delivery of BCS class III drug via hydrophobic ion pairing", PloS one, pp: e0286668, Vol: 18, Issue: 6, ISSN: 1932-6203, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286668, Impact Factor: 3.7
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Arshad Mahmood, Laraib Khan, Muhammad Ijaz, Imran Nazir , Mahrukh Naseem, Muhammad Azam Tahir Muhammad Naeem Aamir,Masood Ur Rehman and Mulazim Hussain Asim (2023), "Enhanced Intestinal Permeability of Cefixime by Self-Emulsifying Drug Delivery System: In-Vitro and Ex-Vivo Characterization", Molecules, pp: 2827, Vol: 28, Issue: 6, ISSN: 1420-3049, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28062827, Impact Factor: 4.927
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Muhammad Sarfraz, Shaista Qamar, Masood Ur Rehman, Muhammad Azam Tahir, Muhammad Ijaz, Anam Ahsan, Mulazim Hussain Asim and Imran Nazir (2022), "Nano-Formulation Based Intravesical Drug Delivery Systems: An Overview of Versatile Approaches to Improve Urinary Bladder Diseases", Pharmaceutics, pp: 1909, Vol: 14, Issue: 9, ISSN: 1999-4923, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14091909, Impact Factor: 6.525
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Hafiz Rashid Hussain, Sajid Bashir, Asif Mahmood, Rai Muhammad Sarfraz, Misbah Kanwal, Nadeem Ahmad, Hamid Saeed Shah, Imran Nazir (2022), "Fenugreek seed mucilage grafted poly methacrylate pH-responsive hydrogel: A promising tool to enhance the oral bioavailability of methotrexate", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, pp: 332-344, Vol: 202, ISSN: 0141-8130, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.01.064, Impact Factor: 8.025
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Bao Le-Vinh, Zeynep Burcu Akkus-Dagdeviren, Nguyet-Minh Nguyen Le, Imran Nazir, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch (2022), "Alkaline Phosphatase: A Reliable Endogenous Partner for Drug Delivery and Diagnostics.", Advanced Therapeutics, pp: 2100219 , Vol: 10, ISSN: 2366-3987, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adtp.202100219, Impact Factor: 5.003
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Faezeh Sharifi, Mansour Jahangiri, Imran Nazir, Mulazim Hussain Asim, Pedram Ebrahimnejad, Andrea Hupfauf, Ronald Gust, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch (2021), "Zeta potential changing nanoemulsions based on a simple zwitterion", Journal of colloid and interface science, pp: 126-137, Vol: 585, ISSN: 0021-9797, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.11.054, Impact Factor: 9.965
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Shumaila Arshad, Mulazim Hussain Asim, Imran Nazir, Iram Shahzadi, Marc Mousli, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch (2020), "S-Protected thiolated nanostructured lipid carriers exhibiting improved mucoadhesive properties", International Journal of Pharmaceutics, pp: 119690, Vol: 587, ISSN: 0378-5173, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119690, Impact Factor: 6.510
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Aamir Jalil, Mulazim Hussain Asim, Imran Nazir, Barbara Matuszczak, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch (2020), "Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems containing hydrophobic ion pairs of polymyxin B and agaric acid: a decisive strategy for enhanced antimicrobial activity", Journal of Molecular Liquids, pp: 113298, Vol: 311, ISSN: 0167-7322, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113298, Impact Factor: 6.633
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Imran Nazir, Martina Ghezzi, Mulazim Hussain Asim, Thi Nhu Quynh Phan, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch (2020), "Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems: About the fate of hydrophobic ion pairs on a phospholipid bilayer", Journal of Molecular Liquids, pp: 113382, Vol: 312, ISSN: 0167-7322, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113382, Impact Factor: 6.633
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Ahmad Malkawi, Aamir Jalil, Imran Nazir, Barbara Matuszczak, Ross Kennedy, Andreas Bernkop-Schnu¨rch (2020), "Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems: Hydrophobic drug polymer complexes provide a sustained release in vitro", Molecular pharmaceutics, pp: 3709-3719, Vol: 17, Issue: 10, ISSN: 1543-8392, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00389, Impact Factor: 5.364
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Iram Shahzadi, Imran Nazir, Thi Nhu Quynh Phan, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch (2020), "About the impact of superassociation of hydrophobic ion pairs on membrane permeability", European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, pp: 1-8, Vol: 151, ISSN: 0939-6411, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2020.03.016, Impact Factor: 5.589
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Mulazim Hussain Asim, Imran Nazir, Aamir Jalil, Barbara Matuszczak, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch (2020), "Tetradeca-thiolated cyclodextrins: Highly mucoadhesive and in-situ gelling oligomers with prolonged mucosal adhesion", International Journal of Pharmaceutics, pp: 119040, Vol: 577, ISSN: 0378-5173, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119040, Impact Factor: 6.510
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Imran Nazir, Iram Shahzadi, Aamir Jalil, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch (2020), "Hydrophobic H-bond pairing: A novel approach to improve membrane permeability", International journal of pharmaceutics, pp: 118863, Vol: 573, ISSN: 0378-5173, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.118863, Impact Factor: 6.510
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Mulazim Hussain Asim, Imran Nazir, Aamir Jalil, Flavia Laffleur, Barbara Matuszczak, Andreas Bernkop-Schnu¨rch (2020), "Per-6-thiolated cyclodextrins: a novel type of permeation enhancing excipients for BCS class IV drugs", ACS applied materials & interfaces, pp: 7942-7950, Vol: 12, Issue: 7, ISSN: 1944-8252, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b21335, Impact Factor: 10.383
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Imran Nazir, Andrea Fürst, Noemi Lupo, Andrea Hupfauf, Ronald Gust, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch (2019), "Zeta potential changing self-emulsifying drug delivery systems: A promising strategy to sequentially overcome mucus and epithelial barrier", European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, pp: 40-49, Vol: 144, ISSN: 0939-6411, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2019.09.007, Impact Factor: 5.589
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Faezeh Sharifi, Imran Nazir, Mulazim Hussain Asim, Mansour Jahangiri, Pedram Ebrahimnejad, Barbara Matuszczak, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch (2019), "Zeta potential changing self-emulsifying drug delivery systems utilizing a novel Janus-headed surfactant: a promising strategy for enhanced mucus permeation", Journal of Molecular Liquids, pp: 111285, Vol: 291, ISSN: 0167-7322, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111285, Impact Factor: 6.633
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Bao Le-Vinh, Nguyet-Minh Nguyen Le, Imran Nazir, Barbara Matuszczak, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch (2019), "Chitosan based micelle with zeta potential changing property for effective mucosal drug delivery", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, pp: 647-655, Vol: 133, ISSN: 0141-8130, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.04.081, Impact Factor: 8.025
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Noemi Lupo, Aamir Jalil, Imran Nazir, Ronald Gust, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch (2019), "In vitro evaluation of intravesical mucoadhesive self-emulsifying drug delivery systems", International Journal of Pharmaceutics, pp: 180-187, Vol: 564, ISSN: 0378-5173, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.04.035, Impact Factor: 6.510
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Zeynep Burcu Akkus, Imran Nazir, Aamir Jalil, Martina Tribus, Andreas Bernkop-Schnu¨rch (2019), " Zeta potential changing polyphosphate nanoparticles: a promising approach to overcome the mucus and epithelial barrier", Molecular Pharmaceutics, pp: 2817-2825, Vol: 16, Issue: 6, ISSN: 1543-8392, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.9b00355, Impact Factor: 5.364
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Imran Nazir, Mulazim Hussain Asim, Aida Dizdarevic, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch (2019), "Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems: Impact of stability of hydrophobic ion pairs on drug release", International journal of pharmaceutics, pp: 197-205, Vol: 561, ISSN: 0378-5173, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.03.001, Impact Factor: 6.510
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Imran Nazir, Christina Leichner, Bao Le-Vinh, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch (2018), "Surface phosphorylation of nanoparticles by hexokinase: A powerful tool for cellular uptake improvement", Journal of colloid and interface science, pp: 384-391, Vol: 516, ISSN: 0021-9797, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2018.01.082, Impact Factor: 9.965

Experience

Assistant Professor
COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore campus, Lahore, Pakistan
Aug 2022 to Date

Assistant Professor
COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan
Jan 2022 to Aug 2022

Departmental Operating Officier (DOO)
Department of Pharmacy, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan
Feb 2021 to Aug 2022

Lecturer
COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan
Aug 2013 to Jan 2022

Lecturer
Department of Pharmacy, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Nov 2011 to Aug 2013

Qualification

PhD (Pharmaceutics/Pharmaceutical Technology)
Universität Innsbruck, Austria
Oct 2016 to Aug 2020

M. Phil (Pharmaceutics)
University of Sargodha, Pakistan
Sep 2009 to Nov 2011

Pharm D
University of Sargodha, Pakistan
Dec 2003 to May 2009