Sarfaraz K. Niazi
{{Short description|Pakistani academic}}
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{{Third-party|date=January 2025}}{{Infobox scientist
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سرفراز خان نیازی
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|7|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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| nationality = American
| field = Pharmaceutical sciences
Biopharmaceuticals
Recombinant manufacturing
| work_institution = University of Illinois at Chicago
Aga Khan University Hospital
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
University of Houston College of Pharmacy
| alma_mater = University of Illinois, Washington State University, and Karachi University.
| known_for = Biopharmaceuticals
Biosimilars
MRNA vaccine
Ghazals
Ghalib
| prizes = Sitara-i-Imtiaz (2012)
Inductee, Chicago Hall of Entrepreneurs (2015)
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Sarfaraz Khan Niazi (Urdu: سرفراز خان نیازی; born 1949) is an Indian-born academic with an expertise in pharmaceutical sciences. He is an expert in biopharmaceutical manufacturing and has worked in academia, industry, and as an entrepreneur. He has written books in pharmaceutical sciences, biotechnology, consumer healthcare, and poetry. He has translated ghazals (love poems) of the Urdu poet Ghalib.{{Cite web |title=About the Ghazals - A Desertful of Roses |url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ghalib/about/about_ghazals.html |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=www.columbia.edu}}
Personal life
Niazi was born on 10 July 1949 in Lucknow in India, and moved to Karachi with his parents in 1962.Express News, Pakistan. 2 Oct 2014 [http://www.express.pk/story/299713/ ڈاکٹر سرفراز خان نیازی ؛ دنیائے طب میں انقلاب لانے والے پاکستانی سائنس دان] English version via [https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.express.pk%2Fstory%2F299713%2F&edit-text= Google translate] His father was Niaz Fatehpuri, a scholar of religion and literature in Pakistan and India.Sarfaraz K. Niazi. Love Sonnets of Ghalib. Rupa & Co. (10 January 2009) {{ISBN|978-8171675968}}, see back flap.
Education
Niazi earned a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy from the University of Karachi in 1969. In 1970, he moved to the United States, where he obtained his Master of Science degree in pharmaceutical sciences in 1971 from Washington State University in Pullman, WA, and then moved to Illinois. In 1974, he obtained his doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Employment
From 1972 to 1988, he taught at the College of Pharmacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago,{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/skniazi/|title=Sarfaraz K. Niazi|website=Linkedin.com|access-date=5 March 2022}} and continues to serve as Adjunct Professor of Biopharmaceutical Sciences. From 1988 to 1996, he worked for Abbott Laboratories as its director of technical affairs; at the same time, he was a professor of pharmacology at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi. In 1997, he established his own consulting business, known as Pharmaceutical Scientist, Inc.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pharmsci.com/|title=Pharmsci.com|website=Pharmsci.com|access-date=5 March 2022}} In 2003, he founded Therapeutic Proteins, Inc. to develop biosimilar versions of biopharmaceuticals, such as filgrastim, erythropoietin, interferon, Pegfilgrastim, adalimumab, and other monoclonal antibodies.{{cn|date=January 2025}}
Poetry
In 2002, Niazi published the first complete translation{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/666037-love-sonnets-of-ghalib|title=Love Sonnets of Ghalib|website=Goodreads.com}} of the ghazals of Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, known as "Ghalib"Gulzar for India Today. 25 February 2002 [http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/book-review-love-sonnets-of-ghalib-translated-by-sarfaraz-k.-niazi/1/220567.html Ghalib in love. Book review: Love Sonnets of Ghalib, translated by Sarfaraz K. Niazi] and another in 2009.Jamaluddin Aali, quoted in Sarfaraz K. Niazi. Wine of Passion. Lahore, Pakistan: Ferozsons Publishing, 2009 In 2023, Niazi published the first complete English translation of Ghalib's Persian love poems with Mariam Tawoosi{{cite web | url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/wine-of-love-persian-ghazals-of-ghalib-mirza-ghalib-ebooks | title=Wine of love }}
Biosimilars
Niazi's primary research subject is the field of biosimilars.{{cite web |url=https://www.centerforbiosimilars.com/authors/sarfaraz-k-niazi-phd |title=Sarfaraz K. Niazi, PhD | Center for Biosimilars®}} He has published multiple books{{cite web |url=https://www.routledge.com/Biosimilars-and-Interchangeable-Biologics-Tactical-Elements/Niazi/p/book/9781498743495 |title=Biosimilars and Interchangeable Biologics: Tactical Elements}}{{cite web |url=https://www.routledge.com/Fundamentals-of-Modern-Bioprocessing/Niazi-Brown/p/book/9781138893290 |title=Fundamentals of Modern Bioprocessing}}{{cite web | url=https://www.routledge.com/Biosimilarity-The-FDA-Perspective/Niazi/p/book/9781498750394 | title=Biosimilarity: The FDA Perspective }}{{cite web | url=https://www.routledge.com/Handbook-of-Biogeneric-Therapeutic-Proteins-Regulatory-Manufacturing/Niazi/p/book/9780367454814 | title=Handbook of Biogeneric Therapeutic Proteins: Regulatory, Manufacturing, Testing, and Patent Issues }}{{cite web | url=https://www.routledge.com/Biosimilars-and-Interchangeable-Biologics-Strategic-Elements/Niazi/p/book/9781138775503 | title=Biosimilars and Interchangeable Biologics: Strategic Elements }}{{cite web | url=https://www.routledge.com/The-Future-of-Pharmaceuticals-A-Nonlinear-Analysis/Niazi/p/book/9780367701390 | title=The Future of Pharmaceuticals: A Nonlinear Analysis }} on the subject and peer-reviewed research papers{{cite journal | url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30604391/ | pmid=30604391 | year=2019 | last1=Niazi | first1=S. K. | title=Comment on "The End of Phase 3 Clinical Trials in Biosimilars Development?" | journal=BioDrugs | volume=33 | issue=1 | pages=121–123 | doi=10.1007/s40259-018-0330-1 | s2cid=57426983 }}{{cite journal | doi=10.3390/biologics2020009 | doi-access=free | title=The Coming of Age of Biosimilars: A Personal Perspective | year=2022 | last1=Niazi | first1=Sarfaraz K. | journal=Biologics | volume=2 | issue=2 | pages=107–127 }}{{cite journal | url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14712598.2022.2020241 | doi=10.1080/14712598.2022.2020241 | title=Biosimilars: A futuristic fast-to-market advice to developers | year=2022 | last1=Niazi | first1=Sarfaraz K. | journal=Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy | volume=22 | issue=2 | pages=149–155 | pmid=34913776 | s2cid=245219573 }}{{cite journal | doi=10.3390/biologics2030014 | doi-access=free | title=Biosimilars: Harmonizing the Approval Guidelines | journal=Biologics | date=September 2022 | volume=2 | issue=3 | pages=171–195 | last1=Niazi | first1=Sarfaraz K. }}{{cite journal | doi=10.1111/jcpt.13743 | title=No two classes of biosimilars: Urgent advice to the US Congress and the FDA | year=2022 | last1=Niazi | first1=Sarfaraz K. | journal=Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics | volume=47 | issue=9 | pages=1352–1361 | pmid=35869625 | pmc=9796791 | s2cid=250990026 }}{{cite journal | url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.add4664 | doi=10.1126/science.add4664 | title=End animal testing for biosimilar approval | year=2022 | last1=Niazi | first1=Sarfaraz K. | journal=Science | volume=377 | issue=6602 | pages=162–163 | pmid=35857557 | bibcode=2022Sci...377..162N | s2cid=250378579 }} that advise developers on how to secure a faster approval of biosimilars by the FDA and EMA and suggest changes to harmonize approval guidelines.
Awards
On 14 August 2012, the Government of Pakistan announced that President Asif Ali Zardari would be awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz in Engineering Science to Sarfaraz.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/2012/08/14/abida-parveen-aleem-dar-among-winners-posthumous-awards-for-manto-mehdi-hassan/|title=Abida Parveen, Aleem Dar among winners Posthumous awards for Manto, Mehdi Hassan|date=14 August 2012|website=Dawn.com|access-date=5 March 2022}}
Textbooks and professional handbooks
- Handbook of Biogeneric Therapeutic Proteins: Regulatory, Manufacturing, Testing, and Patent Issues. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, 2002. {{ISBN|9780849329913}}.
- Textbook of Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics. Bsp, India. 2010. {{ISBN|9789381075043}}.
- Handbook of Bioequivalence Testing. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, 2014. {{ISBN|978-1482226379}}.
- Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biologics: From Cell Line to Commercial Launch, Two Volume Set 1st Edition. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, CRC, 2015. {{ISBN|978-1482298918}}.
- Fundamentals of Bioprocess Engineering. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, FL. 2015 {{ISBN|978-1466585737}}
- Love Sonnets of Ghalib. Rupa Publications, New Delhi, India, 2017. {{ISBN|978-8129148520}}.
- Biosimilarlity—The FDA Perspective. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, 2018. {{ISBN|978-1498750394}}.
- Handbook of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Formulations Volumes 1–6. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1138103924}}.
- Handbook of Preformulation: Drugs, Botanicals, and Biological Pharmaceutical Products. Second edition. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, 2019. {{ISBN|978-0367705640}}.
- Future of Pharmaceuticals. A Nonlinear Analysis. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, 2022. {{ISBN|978-1138297555}}.
- mRNA Therapeutics--A Fast to Market Strategy. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. {{ISBN| 9781032163444}}
- Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing, Volume 1 Regulatory processes. Professor Sarfaraz K. Niazi, Sunitha Lokesh. Bristol, UK 2021. {{ISBN|978-0750331739}}.
- Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing, Volume 2 Unit Operations. Professor Sarfaraz K. Niazi, Sunitha Lokesh. Bristol, UK 2021. {{ISBN|978-0750331777}}.
- Wine of Love, Persian Ghazals of Ghalib, Translations, and Explications by Sarfaraz Niazi and Maryam Tawoosi{{cite web | url=https://issuu.com/sarfarazniazi/docs/wine_of_love_niazi_tawoosi | title=Wine of Love: Persian Ghazals of Ghalib Translated and Explicated by Sarfaraz K. Niazi, Ph.D. - Issuu | date=7 October 2022 }} Ghalib Academy of America {{ISBN| 978-0-9714746-2-8}}.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.niazi.com}}
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