Welcome to MicroTex

The EPSRC Research and Partnership Hub in Microscale Science and Technology to Accelerate Therapeutic Innovation.

Advancing microscale technologies to improve how medicines are developed and tested.

A collaboration involving

The Problem in Drug Development

Years

Average time required to develop and approve a new medicine. 

Billion

Estimated average cost of bringing a new therapy to market.

%

Failure Rate

Approximately 90% of drug candidates fail during clinical development.