Synthorx, Inc. announced the appointment of Andrew Powell, J.D., to its board of directors. In addition, current board member Pratik Shah, Ph.D., has been appointed chairman of the board. Mr. Powell is a senior executive with 30 years of global life sciences experience transforming dynamic companies working in oncology, dermatology, nephrology and pulmonology. He has over 13 years of public company boardroom experience, and he is a current board member of Aclaris Therapeutics and Landec. Previously, Mr. Powell has served as the senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Medivation (acquired by Pfizer), InterMune (acquired by Roche/Genentech), Cornerstone Therapeutics (acquired by Chiesi), Imclone Systems (acquired by Eli Lilly) and Collagenex Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Galderma).