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PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences | University of Innsbruck, Austria | 30+ Q1 Publications
Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Medical Writing,
Technical Writing
Research
Market Research,
User Research,
Meta-Research,
Feasibility Study
Consulting
Healthcare Consulting
Product Development
Formulation
Work Experience
Assistant Professor
COMSATS University Islamabad - Lahore Campus
August 2022 - Present 
Assistant Professor
COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan
January 2022 - August 2022
Lecturer
COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan
August 2013 - January 2022
Lecturer
The University of Faisalabad
November 2011 - August 2013
Education
PhD (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Universität Innsbruck
October 2016 - July 2020
M.Phil (Pharmaceutics)
University of Sargodha
2009 - 2011
Certifications
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Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
et al., Imran Nazir, Rabia Gul, Wajeeha Khalid, Muhammad Sarfraz, Yousef A. Bin Jardan, Muhammad Ikram, Hamid Bashir, Nadeem Ahmad, Laraib Khan, Bazla Siddiqui (2025). Human plasma-derived exosomal gel: a biomimetic cargo for the transdermal delivery of methotrexate . Journal of Drug Targeting.
Imran Nazir, Wajeeha Khalid, Afeefa Aslam, Nadeem Ahmed, Muhammad Sarfraz, Jawad Akbar Khan, Sabeeh Mohsin, Muhammad Shahid Riaz Rajoka, Muhammad Imran Amirzada (2025). Human Plasma-Derived Exosomes: A Promising Carrier System for the Delivery of Hydroxyurea to Combat Breast Cancer . AAPS PharmSciTech.
Imran Nazir, Rabia Gul, Hamid Bashir, Muhammad Sarfraz, Ahson Jabbar Shaikh, Yousef A. Bin Jardan, Zahid Hussain, Muhammad Hassham Hassan Bin Asad, Faisal Gulzar, Bo Guan, et al. (2024). Human plasma derived exosomes: Impact of active and passive drug loading approaches on drug delivery . Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal.
Imran Nazir, Muhammad Asad, Kaisar Raza, Akhtar Rasul, Ghulam Abbas, Muhammad Ajmal Shah (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.
Imran Nazir, Arshad Mahmood, Laraib Khan, Muhammad Ijaz, Mahrukh Naseem, Muhammad Azam Tahir, Muhammad Naeem Aamir, Masood Ur Rehman, Mulazim Hussain Asim (2023). Enhanced Intestinal Permeability of Cefixime by Self-Emulsifying Drug Delivery System: In-Vitro and Ex-Vivo Characterization . Molecules.
Imran Nazir, Arshad Mahmood, Laraib Khan, Muhammad Ijaz, Mahrukh Naseem, Muhammad Azam Tahir, Muhammad Naeem Aamir, Masood Ur Rehman, Mulazim Hussain Asim (2023). Enhanced Intestinal Permeability of Cefixime by Self-Emulsifying Drug Delivery System: In-Vitro and Ex-Vivo Characterization . Molecules.
Imran Nazir, Muhammad Sarfraz, Shaista Qamar, Masood Ur Rehman, Muhammad Azam Tahir, Muhammad Ijaz, Anam Ahsan, Mulazim Hussain Asim (2022). Nano-Formulation Based Intravesical Drug Delivery Systems: An Overview of Versatile Approaches to Improve Urinary Bladder Diseases . Pharmaceutics.
Hafiz Rashid Hussain and Sajid Bashir and Asif Mahmood and Rai Muhammad Sarfraz and Misbah Kanwal and Nadeem Ahmad and Hamid Saeed Shah and 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. 202. p. 332--344. Elsevier {BV}
Bao Le-Vinh and Zeynep Burcu Akku{\c{s}}-Da{\u{g}}deviren and Nguyet-Minh Nguyen Le and Imran Nazir and Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch(2022). Alkaline Phosphatase: A Reliable Endogenous Partner for Drug Delivery and Diagnostics . Advanced Therapeutics. 5. (2). p. 2100219. Wiley
Faezeh Sharifi and Mansour Jahangiri and Imran Nazir and Mulazim Hussain Asim and Pedram Ebrahimnejad and Andrea Hupfauf and Ronald Gust and Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch(2021). Zeta potential changing nanoemulsions based on a simple zwitterion . Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 585. p. 126--137. Elsevier {BV}
(2020). S-Protected thiolated nanostructured lipid carriers exhibiting improved mucoadhesive properties . International Journal of Pharmaceutics.
(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.
(2020). Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems: About the fate of hydrophobic ion pairs on a phospholipid bilayer . Journal of Molecular Liquids.
(2020). About the impact of superassociation of hydrophobic ion pairs on membrane permeability . European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics.
(2020). Tetradeca-thiolated cyclodextrins: Highly mucoadhesive and in-situ gelling oligomers with prolonged mucosal adhesion . International Journal of Pharmaceutics.
(2020). Per-6-Thiolated Cyclodextrins: A Novel Type of Permeation Enhancing Excipients for BCS Class IV Drugs . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
(2020). Hydrophobic H-bond pairing: A novel approach to improve membrane permeability . International Journal of Pharmaceutics.
Nazir, I., Shahzadi, I., Jalil, A., Bernkop-Schnürch, A.(2020). Hydrophobic H-bond pairing: A novel approach to improve membrane permeability . International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 573.
Asim, M.H., Nazir, I., Jalil, A., Laffleur, F., Matuszczak, B., Bernkop-Schnürch, A.(2020). Per-6-Thiolated Cyclodextrins: A Novel Type of Permeation Enhancing Excipients for BCS Class IV Drugs . ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 12. (7). p. 7942-7950.
Hussain Asim, M., Nazir, I., Jalil, A., Matuszczak, B., Bernkop-Schnürch, A.(2020). Tetradeca-thiolated cyclodextrins: Highly mucoadhesive and in-situ gelling oligomers with prolonged mucosal adhesion . International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 577.
Shahzadi, I., Nazir, I., Nhu Quynh Phan, T., Bernkop-Schnürch, A.(2020). About the impact of superassociation of hydrophobic ion pairs on membrane permeability . European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. 151. p. 1-8.
Nazir, I., Ghezzi, M., Asim, M.H., Phan, T.N.Q., Bernkop-Schnürch, A.(2020). Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems: About the fate of hydrophobic ion pairs on a phospholipid bilayer . Journal of Molecular Liquids. 312.
Jalil, A., Asim, M.H., Nazir, I., Matuszczak, B., Bernkop-Schnürch, A.(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. 311.
(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.
(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.
(2019). Chitosan based micelle with zeta potential changing property for effective mucosal drug delivery . International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.
(2019). Zeta Potential Changing Polyphosphate Nanoparticles: A Promising Approach To Overcome the Mucus and Epithelial Barrier . Molecular Pharmaceutics.
(2019). In vitro evaluation of intravesical mucoadhesive self-emulsifying drug delivery systems . International Journal of Pharmaceutics.
(2019). Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems: Impact of stability of hydrophobic ion pairs on drug release . International Journal of Pharmaceutics.
Nazir, I., Asim, M.H., Dizdarević, A., Bernkop-Schnürch, A.(2019). Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems: Impact of stability of hydrophobic ion pairs on drug release . International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 561. p. 197-205.
Lupo, N., Jalil, A., Nazir, I., Gust, R., Bernkop-Schnürch, A.(2019). In vitro evaluation of intravesical mucoadhesive self-emulsifying drug delivery systems . International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 564. p. 180-187.
Akkus, Z.B., Nazir, I., Jalil, A., Tribus, M., Bernkop-Schnürch, A.(2019). Zeta Potential Changing Polyphosphate Nanoparticles: A Promising Approach to Overcome the Mucus and Epithelial Barrier . Molecular Pharmaceutics. 16. (6). p. 2817-2825.
Le-Vinh, B., Le, N.-M.N., Nazir, I., Matuszczak, B., Bernkop-Schnürch, A.(2019). Chitosan based micelle with zeta potential changing property for effective mucosal drug delivery . International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 133. p. 647-655.
Sharifi, F., Nazir, I., Asim, M.H., Jahangiri, M., Ebrahimnejad, P., Matuszczak, B., Bernkop-Schnürch, A.(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. 291.
Nazir, I., Fürst, A., Lupo, N., Hupfauf, A., Gust, R., Bernkop-Schnürch, A.(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. 144. p. 40-49.
(2018). Surface phosphorylation of nanoparticles by hexokinase: A powerful tool for cellular uptake improvement . Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.
Nazir, I., Leichner, C., Le-Vinh, B., Bernkop-Schnürch, A.(2018). Surface phosphorylation of nanoparticles by hexokinase: A powerful tool for cellular uptake improvement . Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 516. p. 384-391.
Bashir, S., Asad, M., Qamar, S., ul Hassnain, F., Karim, S., Nazir, I.(2014). Development of sustained-release microbeads of nifedipine and in vitro characterization . Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 13. (4). p. 505-510.
Asad, M., Bashir, S., Mahmood, T., Nazir, I., Imran, M., Karim, S., ul Hassnain, F.(2014). Fabrication and characterization of gliclazide loaded microcapsules . Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology. 57. (6). p. 874-881.
Bashir, S., Nazir, I., Khan, H.U., Alamgeer, Irfan, H.M., Karim, S., ul Hassnain, F., Qamar, S., Asad, M.(2014). In vitro evaluation of nateglinide-loaded microspheres formulated with biodegradable polymers . Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 13. (7). p. 1047-1053.
Bashir, S., Nazir, I., Khan, H., Alamgeer, Asad, M., Ul Hassnain, F., Qamar, S.(2013). Formulation and in vitro evaluation of Nateglinide microspheres using HPMC and carbopol-940 polymers by ionic gelation method . Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 26. (6). p. 1229-1235.
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