Sarfaraz Khan Niazi

Sarfaraz Khan Niazi (Urdu: سرفراز خان نیازی; born 1949) is a Pakistani-American 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.

Personal life Niazi was born on 10 July 1949 in Lucknow in India, and moved to Karachi with his parents in 1962. His father was Niaz Fatehpuri, a scholar of religion and literature in Pakistan and India.

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. 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; of the ghazals of Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, known as "Ghalib" and another in 2009. In 2023, Niazi published the first complete English translation of Ghalib's Persian love poems with Mariam Tawoosi

Biosimilars Niazi's primary research subject is the field of biosimilars. He has published multiple books on the subject and peer-reviewed research papers 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.

Textbooks and professional handbooks

Handbook of Biogeneric Therapeutic Proteins: Regulatory, Manufacturing, Testing, and Patent Issues. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, 2002. . Textbook of Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics. Bsp, India. 2010. . Handbook of Bioequivalence Testing. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, 2014. . Biosimilar and Interchangeable Biologics: From Cell Line to Commercial Launch, Two Volume Set 1st Edition. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, CRC, 2015. . Fundamentals of Bioprocess Engineering. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, FL. 2015 Love Sonnets of Ghalib. Rupa Publications, New Delhi, India, 2017. . Biosimilarlity—The FDA Perspective. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, 2018. . Handbook of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Formulations Volumes 1–6. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, 2019. . Handbook of Preformulation: Drugs, Botanicals, and Biological Pharmaceutical Products. Second edition. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, 2019. . Future of Pharmaceuticals. A Nonlinear Analysis. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC, 2022. . mRNA Therapeutics--A Fast to Market Strategy. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing, Volume 1 Regulatory processes. Professor Sarfaraz K. Niazi, Sunitha Lokesh. Bristol, UK 2021. . Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing, Volume 2 Unit Operations. Professor Sarfaraz K. Niazi, Sunitha Lokesh. Bristol, UK 2021. . Wine of Love, Persian Ghazals of Ghalib, Translations, and Explications by Sarfaraz Niazi and Maryam Tawoosi Ghalib Academy of America .