Asif Mahmood

Cell: 0345-1052514
E-mail: asif_1591985@yahoo.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Name:
Asif Mahmood
Khalid Mahmood

Fathers Name:
NID #:

33202 0176976 - 3

D.O. B:

15th September, 1985

Place of Birth:
Marital Status:

Jhang, Punjab-Pakistan
Married

Islam

Religion:

Nationality: Pakistani
Permanent Address:

Staff Colony DOH Office Jhang, 35200,

Punjab, Pakistan
Languages:

Urdu, English and Punjabi

QUALIFICATION:
Board/
Universit
y

Marks

Faculty of Pharmacy
and Alternative
Medicine

IUB

3.43/4.00

1st Division

M. Phil
(Pharmaceut
ics)

Department of
Pharmacy

UOS

3.49/4.00

1st Division

Pharm-D

Department of
Pharmacy

UOS

3.15/4.00

1st Division

F.Sc.

Faran College Jhang

BISE
Faisalabad

763/1100

1st Division

Degree

Institute

Ph.D.
(Pharmaceut
ics)

Distinction

Matric

Faran Model High

School

BISE
Faisalabad

1st Division

606/850

JOB EXPERIENCE:
Visiting Lecturer
Medicines, The

Faculty of Pharmacy & Alternative

(07-10-2015 to date)

Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Teaching Assistant
of Sargodha

Department of Pharmacy, University

(01-06-2011 to 30-05-2012)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
06 year M.Phil and Ph.D. research experience.

INTERNSHIPS:
1- One month internship at DHQ Hospital Jhang
30.06.2008
2- 42- Days internship at Grays
to 11-.08.2008

1.06.2008 to

Pharmaceuticals,

01.07.2008

I-9, Islamabad
CONFERENCES:
_____________________________________________________________
2nd National Pharmacy Conference and Exhibition Pharmacy Profession
for Prosperous Health at Gotvi Hall Abbasia Campus, Organized by
Department of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan (89th February, 2013).

MEMBERSHIP:
______________________________________________________________
Member of Pakistan Pharmacist Association with Member ID: 1625

RESEARCH ARTICLES:
1- Hafeezullah Khan, Safirah Maheen, Sajid Bashir, Ghulam Abbas, Muhammad Sher, Zaman
Ashraf, Asif Mahmood and Rai M. Sarfraz. Determinants of Increasing Trends of SelfMedication: Physicians, Perspectives. Latin American Journal of Pharmacy, 2012; 31(5):
699-704.
2- Hafeez Ullah Khan, Rai Muhammad Sarfraz, Asif Mahmood, Safirah Maheen, Alamgeer,
Muhammad Zaman, Ghayur Abbas, Muhammad Abdullah Akram. Emerging Trends of
Unethical Pharmaceutical Marketing in Pakistan. Indo American Journal of Pharmaceutical
Research, 2013; 3(10): 8127-1831.
3- Hafeezullah Khan, Asif Mahmood, Safirah Maheen, Rai M. Sarfraz, Alamgeer Yuchi, Ayesha
Shamim, Muhammad Akhtar, Haseeb Ahsen, Muhammad T. Khan, Muhammad Khalil and Tahir
M Rana. Formulation and In Vitro Evaluation of Novel Antidiabetic Orodispersible Tablets
Using Kyron-T134 and Crosscaramellose Sodium as Superdisintegrants. Latin American
Journal of Pharmacy, 2014; 33(4): 631-639.
4- Hafeezullah Khan, Safirah Maheen, Alamgeer, Ghulam Abbas, Asif Mahmood, Rai Muhammad
Sarfraz, Zaman Ashraf, Muhammad Khalil and Muhammad Nasir Hayat Malik. Determinants of
Increasing Trend of Self-Medication in a Pakistani Community. Tropical Journal of
Pharmaceutical Research, 2014; 13(3): 437-443.
5- Rai Muhammad Sarfraz, Mahmood Ahmad, Asif Mahmood, Hafeezullah Khan, Muhammad Sher,
Safirah Maheen, Irfan Bashir, Atif Iqbal and Haseeb Ahsan. Formulation and In-Vitro Evaluation
of Novel Atorvastatin - Amlodipine Orodispersible Tablets. International Journal of
Pharmacy, Biology and Allied Sciences, 2014; 3(6): 941-951.
6- Asif Mahmood, Rai Muhammad Sarfraz, Muhammad Zaman, Haseeb Ahsan, Muhammad Ahsan
Hafiz and Muhammad Abdullah Akram. Comparative study of three different approaches used
or manufacturing of antidiabetic orodispersible tablets. International Journal of
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, 2014; 5(4): 1581-1588.
7- Irfan Bashir, Ayesha Sethi, Muhammad Zaman, Junaid Qureshi, Rai M. Sarfraz, Asif Mahmood,
Muhammad Imran Sajid, Talha Jamshaid and Muhammad Abdullah Akram. Formulation and invitro bioequivalence evaluation of verapamil hydrochloride matrix tablets with Calan SR.
International Current Pharmaceutical Journal, 2014, 3(6): 286-290.

8- Atif Iqbal, Rai Muhammad Sarfraz, Asif Mahmood, Haseeb Ahsan, Muhammad Zaman, Irfan
Bashir, Muhammad Abdullah Akram. Fabrication and Optimization of Novel Lornoxicam

Matrix Tablets Using 3-Factor 3-Level Box-Behnken Statistical Design: In-vitro and In-vivo
Evaluation. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biological Research, 2014: 2(2): 87-98.
9-

Rai Muhammad Sarfraz, Asif Mahmood, Muhammad Zaman, Muhammad Ahsan

Hafiz,Muhammad Abdullah Akram, Attique ur Rehman, Muhammad Amjad Nadeem, Mubeen
Hassan. Formulation and in vitro evaluation of antidiabetic-antihypertensive orodispersible
tablets. International Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2014; 1(1):16-27.

10- Rai Muhammad Sarfraz, Hafeezullah Khan, Asif Mahmood, Mahmood Ahmad, Safirah Maheen
and Muhammad Sher. Formulation and Evaluation of Mouth Disintegrating Tablets of Atenolol
and Atorvastatin. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2015; 77(1): 83-91.
11- Muhammad Zaman, Sharjeel Adnan, Asif Mahmood, Rai Muhammad Sarfraz, Muhammad
Hanif, Junaid Qureshi, Irfan Bashir and Muhammad Abdullah Akram. Development and In-vitro
Evaluation of once daily Tablet Dosage form of Loxoprofen Sodium. Tropical Journal of
Pharmaceutical Research. 2015; 14 (9): 1557-1563.
12- Muhammad Zaman, Shahid Rasool, Muhammad Yasir Ali, Junaid Qureshi, Sharjeel Adnan,
Muhammad Hanif, Rai Muhammad Sarfraz, Hira Ijaz, Asif Mahmood. Fabrication and Analysis
of Hydroxypropylmethyl Cellulose and Pectin based controlled release matrix Tablets loaded
with Loxoprofen Sodium. Advances in Polymer Technology, 2015, 34 (3), 21493-21500.
13- Mahmood Ahmad, Rai Muhammad Sarfraz and Asif Mahmood. Hydrogel Microparticles as
an Emerging tool in Pharmaceutical Field: A Review. Advances in Polymer Technology. 35(2):

21535(1-8).
14- Hina Raza, Nazar Muhammad Ranjha, Rabia Razzaq, Mehvish Ansari, Asif Mahmood
and Zermina Rashid. Fabrication and In Vitro Evaluation of 5-Florouracil Loaded
Chondroitin Sulfate-Sodium Alginate Microspheres For Colon Specific Delivery. Acta
Poloniae Pharmaceutica-Drug Research, 2016; 73(2): 495-507.
15- Rai M. Sarfraz, Mahmood Ahmad, Asif Mahmood, Hafeez Ullah Khan, Sajid Bashir,

Muhammad Usman Minhas and Muhammad Sher. Comparative Study of Various Polymeric
Superdisintegrants on the Design and Evaluation of Novel Antihypertensive Orodispersible
Tablets. Advances in Polymer Technology. DOI 10.1002/adv.21562.
16- Rai M. Sarfraz, Mahmood Ahmad, Asif Mahmood, Muhammad U. Minhas & Ayesha
Yaqoob. Formulation Design and Development of Rosuvastatin Calcium Rapid
Disintegrating Tablets with Enhanced Solubility: In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation. Latin
American Journal of Pharmacy. 34 (10): 2103-12 (2015).
17- Rai M. Sarfraz, Mahmood Ahmad, Asif Mahmood, Muhammad U. Minhas & Ayesha
Yaqoob. Fabrication and Evaluation of Rosuvastatin Calcium Fast- Disintegrating Tablets

Using -Cyclodextrin and Superdisintegrants. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

November 2015; 14 (11): 1961-1968.
18- Rai M. Sarfraz, Mahmood Ahmad, Asif Mahmood, Muhammad U. Minhas & Ayesha
Yaqoob. Development and Evaluation of Rosuvastatin Calcium Based Microparticles for
Solubility Enhancement: An In Vitro Study. Advances in Polymer Technology. DOI
10.1002/adv.21625
19- Atif I. Arshad, Shoaib H. M. Khan, Naveed Akhtar, Asif Mahmood and Rai Muhammad
Sarfraz. In vivo evaluation of skin irritation potential, melisma And sebum content following
long term application of skin care cream in healthy adults, using non-invasive
Biometrological techniques. Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica, Drug Research, 73 (1) 219-227,
2016.
20- Asif Mahmood, Mahmood Ahmad, Rai M. Sarfraz, Muhammad U. Minhas & Ayesha

Yaqoob. Formulation and In-Vitro Evaluation of Acyclovir Loaded Polymeric

Microparticles: A Solubility Enhancement Study. Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica Drug
Research. (Accepted for 5th issue of 2016)
21- Asif Mahmood, Mahmood Ahmad, Rai M. Sarfraz, Muhammad U. Minhas & Ayesha
Yaqoob. Development and In Vitro Evaluation of Acyclovir Rapid Dissolving Tablets: a
Solubility and Bioavailability Enhancement Study. Lat. Am. J. Pharm. 34 (9): 1701-9, 2015.
22- Muhammad Zaman, Waqar Siddique, Sadaf Waheed, Rai Muhammad Sarfraz, Asif
Mahmood, Junaid Qureshi, Javed Iqbal, Fazal Rehman Sajid Chughtai, Muhammad
Shafeeq Ur Rahman, Usman Khalid. Hydrogels, their applications and polymers used for
hydrogels: A review. IJBPAS, 2015, 4(12): 6581-6603.
23- Khan, Hafeezullah, Abdur-Rauf Khan, Safirah Maheen, Muhammad Hanif, Syed A.
Raza, Rai M. Sarfraz, Asif Mahmood, Samar Aziz, and Mehwish Andleeb. "Preparation and
In Vitro Evaluation of Sustained Release Microparticles of an Antidiabetic Drug." Latin
American Journal of Pharmacy. 2015; 34(10): 1931-1939.
24- Irfan Aslam, Nisar U. Rehman, Asif Mahmood, Atif I. Arshad, Rai M. Sarfraz, Naveed
Akhtar, Rehan Mustafa, Muhammad T. Chaudhary, Muhammad Z. Malik, Arafat Idrees &
Muhammad Kashif. Development and Ex-Vivo Evaluation of Tenoxicam Based
Microemulsion Using Rabbit Skin. Lat. Am. J. Pharm. 34 (4): 790-6 (2015).
25- Zermina Rashid, Nazar Muhammad Ranjha, Rabia Razzaq, Bushra Nasir and Asif
Mahmood. Preparation and evaluation of pH responsive poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylateco-itaconic acid) microgels for controlled drug delivery. Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica-Drug
Research. 2016; 73(4): 1045 1055.

26- Asif Mahmood, Mahmood Ahmad, Rai Muhammad Sarfraz and Muhammad Usman Minhas.

Development of Acyclovir Loaded b-Cyclodextrin-g-Poly Methacrylic Acid Hydrogel

Microparticles: An In Vitro Characterization. Advances in Polymer Technology. DOI
10.1002/adv.21711
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