Dr. Imran Nazir
Assistant 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
Tel # (Off): 111-001-007  

Publications:

Journal Papers:
1. 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    (External URL)
2. 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    (External URL)
3. 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    (External URL)
4. 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    (External URL)
5. 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    (External URL)
6. 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    (External URL)
7. 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    (External URL)
8. 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    (External URL)
9. 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    (External URL)
10. 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    (External URL)
11. 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    (External URL)
12. 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    (External URL)
13. 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    (External URL)
14. 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    (External URL)
15. 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    (External URL)
16. 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    (External URL)
17. 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    (External URL)
18. 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    (External URL)
19. 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    (External URL)
20. 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    (External URL)
21. 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    (External URL)

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
   

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
   
Teaching Assistant
Department of Pharmacy, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan
Sep 2009 to Oct 2011
   
Production Pharmacist
Curatech Pharma (Pvt) Lahore, Pakistan
Feb 2009 to Jul 2009
   
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