FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:GILD) today announced that data from a Phase IIb study (DAR-201) of darusentan, an investigational treatment for resistant hypertension, were published in the October 2007 edition of the Journal of Clinical Hypertension. In this study, darusentan was evaluated as an add-on antihypertensive treatment in patients who had not achieved goal blood pressure while being treated with full doses of three or more antihypertensive medications, including a diuretic. Gilead is currently conducting two follow-on, pivotal Phase III clinical trials in resistant hypertension: DORADO (DAR-311) and DORADO-AC (DAR-312).
