Synthorx Inc. Peter Thompson, M.D., private equity partner at OrbiMed, and Vickie Capps, an independent advisor with extensive financial and audit experience, will join the Synthorx board of directors. The proceeds of the financing will be used to advance the company's pipeline of Synthorin cytokines, including an IL-2 tuned specifically for activity on certain immune cells. Using the company's expanded genetic alphabet technology based on a breakthrough in synthetic biology, Synthorin cytokines are designed to selectively tune receptor pharmacology and extend half-life.