CoCensys Inc.: Lowell E. Sears has joined...

CoCensys Inc.: Lowell E. Sears has joined the board, increasing the number of its directors to eight. Sears is a private investor involved in portfolio management and life sciences venture capital. From 1988 to April, 1994, Sears was chief financial officer of Amgen Inc. CoCensys, based in Irvine, is a developer of products to treat neurological and psychiatric disorders.