UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_______________________________________________________
FORM 10-Q
_______________________________________________________
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019
or
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from             to             
Commission File Number:
000-50679
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CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Corporation as Specified in Its Charter)
_______________________________________________________
Delaware
77-0487658
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
149 Commonwealth Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
_______________________________________________________
(650) 327-3270
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
_______________________________________________________
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
 
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
☐  
 
Smaller reporting company
 
 
 
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☐    No  ☒
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
CORT
The Nasdaq Capital Market

On May 1, 2019 , there were 114,858,708 shares of common stock outstanding at a par value of $0.001 per share.
 




TABLE OF CONTENTS
 


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except per share data)
 
 
March 31,
2019
 
December 31,
2018
 
(Unaudited)
 
(See Note 1)
ASSETS
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
49,650

 
$
41,625

Short-term marketable securities
137,255

 
165,135

Trade receivables, net of allowances
19,218

 
17,588

Inventory
5,000

 
4,732

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
5,741

 
7,740

Total current assets
216,864

 
236,820

Strategic inventory
10,360

 
11,510

Operating lease right-of-use asset
1,465

 

Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation
925

 
655

Long-term marketable securities
28,842

 

Other assets
75

 
50

Deferred tax assets, net
61,681

 
62,659

Total assets
$
320,212

 
$
311,694

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts payable
$
9,330

 
$
8,266

Accrued clinical expenses
4,537

 
3,521

Other accrued liabilities
18,830

 
23,786

Operating lease liability
1,521

 

Total current liabilities
34,218

 
35,573

Long-term accrued income taxes
239

 
239

Total liabilities
34,457

 
35,812

Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)

 

Stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
Preferred stock

 

Common stock
118

 
117

Additional paid-in capital
427,317

 
417,228

Treasury stock
(42,312
)
 
(23,657
)
Accumulated other comprehensive gain (loss)
94

 
(70
)
Accumulated deficit
(99,462
)
 
(117,736
)
Total stockholders’ equity
285,755

 
275,882

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
320,212

 
$
311,694

 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


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CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share data)
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2019
 
2018
Product revenue, net
$
64,829

 
$
57,659

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
Cost of sales
1,240

 
1,174

Research and development
20,244

 
17,050

Selling, general and administrative
24,389

 
18,440

Total operating expenses
45,873

 
36,664

Income from operations
18,956

 
20,995

Interest and other income
1,097

 
294

Income before income taxes
20,053

 
21,289

Income tax expense
(1,779
)
 
(3,830
)
Net income
$
18,274

 
$
17,459

Other comprehensive income (loss):
 
 
 
Net unrealized income (loss) on available-for-sale investments, net of tax impact of $(52) and $48, respectively
164

 
(152
)
Total comprehensive income
$
18,438

 
$
17,307

 
 
 
 
Basic net income per share
$
0.16

 
$
0.15

 
 
 
 
Diluted net income per share
$
0.15

 
$
0.14

 
 
 
 
Weighted-average shares outstanding used in computing net
income per share
 
 
 
Basic
114,844

 
114,882

Diluted
123,895

 
127,733

 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


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CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2019
 
2018
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
Net income
$
18,274

 
$
17,459

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash generated from operations:
 
 
 
Stock-based compensation
6,696

 
4,954

Deferred income taxes
926

 
3,169

Excess tax benefits from stock option activity

 
54

Accretion of interest income
(634
)
 
(198
)
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
96

 
48

Amortization of right-of-use asset
413

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
Trade receivables
(1,630
)
 
(1,961
)
Other receivable

 
12,876

Inventory
910

 
590

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
1,999

 
(635
)
Other assets
(25
)
 
(23
)
Accounts payable
953

 
(759
)
Accrued clinical expenses
1,016

 
1,239

Other accrued liabilities
(4,956
)
 
(2,383
)
Operating lease liability
(357
)
 

Net cash provided by operating activities
23,681

 
34,430

Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
Purchases of property and equipment
(257
)
 
(77
)
Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities
70,825

 
16,650

Purchases of marketable securities
(70,935
)
 
(50,866
)
Cash used in investing activities
(367
)
 
(34,293
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of options, net of issuance costs
2,435

 
1,922

Repurchase of common stock
(13,555
)
 

Cash paid to satisfy statutory withholding requirement for net settlement of cashless option exercise
(4,169
)
 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
(15,289
)
 
1,922

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
8,025

 
2,059

Cash and cash equivalents, at beginning of period
41,625

 
31,062

Cash and cash equivalents, at end of period
$
49,650

 
$
33,121

 
 
 
 
Supplemental disclosure:
 
 
 
Exercise price of shares tendered in net settlement of cashless option exercise
$
931

 
$

Recognition of right-of-use asset and lease liability
$
1,878

 
$

 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


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CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(Unaudited)
(in thousands)
 
 
 
Common Stock
 
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
 
Treasury Stock
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
 
Accumulated
Deficit
 
Total
Stockholders'
Equity
 
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2017
 
114,717

 
$
115

 
$
384,074

 
$

 
$
(75
)
 
$
(193,146
)
 
$
190,968

Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options
 
479

 

 
1,922

 

 

 

 
1,922

Stock-based compensation related to employee and director options
 

 

 
4,954

 

 

 

 
4,954

Net unrealized gain on marketable securities, net of tax
 

 

 

 

 
(77
)
 

 
(77
)
Net income
 

 

 

 

 

 
17,459

 
17,459

Balance at March 31, 2018
 
115,196

 
$
115

 
$
390,950

 
$

 
$
(152
)
 
$
(175,687
)
 
$
215,226

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2018
 
115,031

 
$
117

 
$
417,228

 
$
(23,657
)
 
$
(70
)
 
$
(117,736
)
 
$
275,882

Issuance of common stock upon exercise of options
 
1,497

 
1

 
3,365

 

 

 

 
3,366

Shares tendered to satisfy cost and statutory withholding requirements for net settlement of cashless option exercise
 
(428
)
 

 

 
(5,100
)
 

 

 
(5,100
)
Stock-based compensation related to employee and director options
 

 

 
6,724

 

 

 

 
6,724

Net unrealized gain on marketable securities, net of tax
 

 

 

 

 
164

 

 
164

Purchases of treasury stock
 
(1,168
)
 

 

 
(13,555
)
 

 

 
(13,555
)
Net income
 

 

 

 

 

 
18,274

 
18,274

Balance at March 31, 2019
 
114,932

 
$
118

 
$
427,317

 
$
(42,312
)
 
$
94

 
$
(99,462
)
 
$
285,755

 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements


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CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
1. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation
Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated was incorporated in the State of Delaware in May 1998, and our headquarters are in Menlo Park, California. We are a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of medications that treat severe metabolic, oncologic and psychiatric disorders by modulating the effect of the stress hormone cortisol. In 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved our first product, Korlym® (“mifepristone”) 300 mg tablets, as a once-daily oral medication for treatment of hyperglycemia secondary to hypercortisolism in adult patients with endogenous Cushing’s syndrome who have type 2 diabetes mellitus or glucose intolerance and have failed surgery or are not candidates for surgery. We have discovered and patented  three  structurally distinct series of selective cortisol modulators, consisting of more than  500  compounds, and are developing compounds from these series as potential treatments for a broad range of serious disorders.
Basis of Presentation
We have prepared the March 31, 2019 condensed consolidated balance sheet and statements of comprehensive income, cash flows and stockholders' equity for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. They do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation (which in the applicable periods consist only of normal, recurring adjustments) have been included. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the remainder of 2019 or any other period. These financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. The December 31, 2018 balance sheet was derived from audited financial statements at that date.
There have been no material changes in the significant accounting policies described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 except for the adoption of the accounting pronouncements set forth below.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases”, which requires lease transactions with terms longer than 12 months to be recognized on the balance sheet as a liability (“lease liabilities”), offset by an asset of equal amount (“right-of-use assets”). ASU No. 2016-02 supersedes the lease accounting requirements of ASC Topic 840, "Leases" and creates Topic 842, "Leases." We adopted this standard using the modified retrospective approach on January 1, 2019. Prior comparative periods were not adjusted under this approach. We have reviewed all contracts that may contain leases and we have determined that the only impact is to our accounting for our leased office space. We have elected to apply the package of practical expedients that allows us to not reassess lease classification for any expired or existing lease contracts. The adoption did not have a material impact on our retained earnings on the adoption date and increased our “operating right-of-use assets" and “operating lease liability” by approximately $1.9 million . See Note 4 for more information regarding our leased office space.
In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02, “Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.” The standard allows companies to reclassify to retained earnings tax effects related to items that have been stranded in accumulated other comprehensive income as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”). An entity that elects to reclassify these amounts must reclassify stranded tax effects related to the Act’s change in US federal tax rate for all items accounted for in other comprehensive income. These entities can also elect to reclassify other stranded effects that relate to the Act but do not directly relate to the change in the federal rate. This standard is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2018. We adopted this standard on January 1, 2019. It had no impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-07, “Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting,” which expands the scope of ASC 718 to include all share-based payment arrangements related to the acquisition of goods and services from nonemployees. This standard is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2018. We adopted this standard on January 1, 2019. It had no impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326), Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments,” which changes the methodology for measuring credit losses on financial instruments and when such losses are recorded. This standard is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted beginning after December 15, 2018. We plan to adopt this standard on January 1, 2020. Although we have not concluded our analysis, we do not expect adoption of this standard to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13, “Fair Value Measurements (Topic 820),” which eliminates or modifies certain disclosure requirements for fair value measurements and requires disclosure of certain new information. This standard is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2019. We plan to adopt this standard on January 1, 2020 and are currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on our consolidated financial statements.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract,” which requires a customer that is a party to a cloud computing service contract to follow the internal-use software guidance in ASC 350-40 to determine which implementation costs to defer and recognize as an asset. This standard is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2019. We plan to adopt this standard on January 1, 2020 and are currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on our consolidated financial statements.
2. Composition of Certain Balance Sheet Items
Inventory
The composition of inventory was as follows:
 
March 31,
2019
 
December 31,
2018
 
(in thousands)
Raw materials
$
2,055

 
$
4,195

Work in progress
6,936

 
5,624

Finished goods
6,369

 
6,423

Total inventory
15,360

 
16,242

Less strategic inventory classified as non-current
(10,360
)
 
(11,510
)
Total inventory classified as current
$
5,000

 
$
4,732

Because we rely on single-source manufacturers of both the active pharmaceutical ingredient (“API”) for Korlym and Korlym tablets, we have purchased and hold significant quantities of these materials. We classify inventory we do not expect to sell within 12 months of the balance sheet date as “Strategic Inventory,” a long-term asset. 

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Other Accrued Liabilities
Other accrued liabilities consisted of the following:
 
March 31,
2019
 
December 31,
2018
 
(in thousands)
Government rebates
$
10,829

 
$
11,132

Accrued compensation
3,296

 
7,879

Income taxes payable
2,462

 
1,542

Legal fees
531

 
314

Professional fees
493

 
240

Accrued selling and marketing costs
699

 
261

Accrued manufacturing costs
70

 
2,032

Other
450

 
386

Total other accrued liabilities
$
18,830

 
$
23,786


3. Available-for-Sale Securities and Fair Value Measurements
Our available-for-sale securities included:
 
Fair Value
Hierarchy
Level
 
Estimated Fair Value
 
 
March 31,
2019
 
December 31,
2018
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Corporate bonds
Level 2
 
$
70,545

 
$
54,469

Commercial paper
Level 2
 
35,738

 
67,906

Asset-backed securities
Level 2
 
28,951

 
10,965

Repurchase agreements
Level 2
 
15,000

 
15,000

U.S. treasury securities
Level 1
 
30,863

 
39,287

Money market funds
Level 1
 
12,364

 
4,583

Total Marketable securities
 
 
$
193,461

 
$
192,210

 
 
 
 
 
 
Classified as:
 
 
 
 
 
Cash equivalents
 
 
$
27,364

 
$
27,075

Short-term marketable securities
 
 
137,255

 
165,135

Long-term marketable securities
 
 
28,842

 

Total marketable securities
 
 
$
193,461

 
$
192,210

We estimate the fair value of marketable securities classified as Level 1 using quoted market prices for these or similar investments obtained from a commercial pricing service. We estimate the fair value of marketable securities classified as Level 2 using inputs that may include benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes and issuer spreads.
As of March 31, 2019 , all our marketable securities had original maturities of less than two years . The weighted-average maturity of our holdings was six months . As of March 31, 2019 , of our long-term marketable securities have a remaining maturity of 12 to 18 months. None of our marketable securities changed from one fair value hierarchy to another during the three months ended March 31, 2019 .

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4. Leases
In February 2016, we extended the operating lease for our office space through 2019.  In March 2017 we terminated and replaced it with a new lease effective until March 31, 2019 . We subsequently amended the lease to add additional space in June 2017, and again in November 2018, at which time it was extended through March 31, 2020.
Based on the present value of the payments for the remaining term of our operating lease, we recognized a right-of-use asset and lease liability of approximately $1.9 million  for our operating lease of approximately on January 1, 2019. Operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities commencing after January 1, 2019 are recognized at a commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Because the rate implicit in our lease is not readily determinable, we use an incremental borrowing rate to determine the present value of the lease payments. All operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Operating lease expense for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was approximately $0.4 million .
Information related to our right-of-use assets and related lease liabilities were as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
 
 
(in thousands)
Cash paid for operating lease liability
 
$
379

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liability
 
$
1,878

Weighted-average remaining lease term
 
1 year

Weighted-average discount rate
 
5.0
%

As of  March 31, 2019 , future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases due in each of the next two years were as follows (in thousands):
2019 (remainder)
 
$
1,172

2020
 
391

 
 
1,563

Less imputed interest
 
(42
)
Total lease liability
 
$
1,521

    
 
5. Commitments and Contingencies
There have been no material changes in our purchase commitments described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.
In the ordinary course of business, we may be subject to legal claims and regulatory actions that could have a material adverse effect on our business or financial position. We assess our potential liability in such situations by analyzing potential outcomes, assuming various litigation, regulatory and settlement strategies.  If we determine a loss is probable and its amount can be reasonably estimated, we accrue an amount equal to the estimated loss.
No losses and  no provision for a loss contingency have been recorded to date.
 
6. Stockholders' Equity
Stock Option Plans
We have two stock option plans – the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2004 Plan”) and the 2012 Incentive Award Plan (the “2012 Plan”).  In February 2019, our Board of Directors authorized a 4.6 million increase in the shares available for grant under the 2012 Plan.

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During the three months ended March 31, 2019 , we issued 1.5 million shares of our common stock upon the exercise of stock options. Of these shares, 0.8 million were issued as part of a net-share settlement of a cashless option exercise and 0.4 million were tendered to satisfy the related cost and statutory withholding requirements. During the three months ended March 31, 2018 , we issued 0.5 million shares of our common stock upon the exercise of stock options.
The following table summarizes our stock-based compensation:
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
2019
 
2018
 
(in thousands)
Stock-based compensation capitalized in inventory
$
28

 
$

Cost of sales
28

 

Research and development
1,979

 
1,464

Selling, general and administrative
4,689

 
3,490

Total stock-based compensation
$
6,724

 
$
4,954

Stock Repurchase Program
On August 9, 2018, we announced that our Board of Directors had approved a program to repurchase up to $100 million of our common stock (the “Stock Repurchase Program”). Unless it is terminated or suspended prior to its expiration, the Stock Repurchase Program will remain in effect until June 30, 2019 with the timing and amount of any repurchases to be determined based on market conditions, our stock price and other factors. The Stock Repurchase Program does not require us to acquire any specific number of shares and we may modify, suspended or discontinue it in our sole discretion at any time, without notice. Repurchases may be made through a variety of methods, including in the open market, in block trades, through privately negotiated transactions or accelerated share repurchase transactions or any combination of such methods.
During the three months ended March 31, 2019 , we repurchased 1.2 million shares of common stock under the Stock Repurchase Program in open market transactions at an average price of $11.61 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $13.6 million . Shares repurchased are recorded as treasury stock at cost on our consolidated balance sheet. At March 31, 2019 , $62.8 million of the current authorization remained available for the repurchase of shares of our common stock.
 
 
7. Net Income Per Share
We compute basic and diluted net income per share by dividing our net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. We used the treasury stock method to determine the number of dilutive shares of common stock resulting from the potential exercise of stock options. The statements of comprehensive income show the computation of net income per share for each period, including the number of weighted-average shares outstanding.
The following table shows the computation of net income per share for each period:
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
2019
 
2018
 
(in thousands)
Numerator:
 
 
 
Net income
$
18,274

 
$
17,459

Denominator:
 
 
 
Weighted-average shares used to compute basic net income per share
114,844

 
114,882

Dilutive effect of employee stock options
9,051

 
12,851

Weighted-average shares used to compute diluted net income per share
123,895

 
127,733

Net income per share
 
 
 
Basic
$
0.16

 
$
0.15

Diluted
$
0.15

 
$
0.14


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As of March 31, 2019 and 2018, we had 24.4 million and 23.1 million stock options outstanding, respectively.
On a weighted-average basis,  8.5 million and 2.6 million stock options outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 , respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted net income per share because including them would have reduced dilution.

8. Income taxes
We recorded income tax expense of $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 , net of a $2.8 million discrete benefit related to stock option exercises and dispositions for the three months ended March 31, 2019 compared to income tax expense of $3.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 . Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was primarily due to the reduction of deferred tax assets of $0.9 million , caused by our utilization of federal and state net operating losses and income tax expense of 0.9 million , incurred in U.S. jurisdictions where we do not have net operating loss carryforwards to offset our tax obligations. Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2018 was primarily due to a $3.2 million reduction of deferred tax assets caused by our utilization of federal and state net operating losses and a $0.6 million income tax expense incurred in states where we have no net operating loss carryforwards to offset our tax obligations.
Our effective tax rate differed from the federal statutory rate due to state income taxes and non-deductible stock-based compensation, which increased our tax expense, offset by research and development tax credits and the reduction in taxable income arising from the exercise of employee stock options during the reporting period.
Each quarter, we assess our ability to use our deferred tax assets to offset our expected federal and state taxable income. In the fourth quarter of 2017, we determined that it was more likely than not that we would generate sufficient taxable income to utilize our federal and state deferred tax assets in every state except California. We therefore included in our balance sheet the net value of all our deferred tax assets except those applicable to California.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Forward-Looking Statements
This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and accompanying notes in this report. Statements in this section are “forward-looking” within the meaning of the federal securities laws.  Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that might cause actual results to differ materially from those the statements express or imply.  For a discussion of these risks and uncertainties, see “Forward-Looking Statements” included in “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this Form 10-Q and the “Overview” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” sections of this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Overview
We are a commercial-stage company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs that treat severe metabolic, oncologic and psychiatric disorders by modulating the effects of the hormone cortisol. Since 2012, we have marketed Korlym ® (mifepristone) for the treatment of patients with Cushing’s syndrome. We are developing compounds from our portfolio of proprietary, selective cortisol modulators to treat a wide range of serious disorders.
We have discovered and patented three structurally distinct series of proprietary, selective cortisol modulators, all of which share mifepristone’s affinity for the glucocorticoid receptor (“GR”) but, unlike Korlym, do not bind to the progesterone receptor (“PR”) and therefore do not cause effects arising from antagonism of progesterone activity, such as termination of pregnancy, endometrial thickening and vaginal bleeding. We are conducting clinical trials of three compounds from these series, including: (i) a Phase 3 trial of relacorilant in patients with Cushing’s syndrome; (ii) a Phase 2, controlled study of relacorilant combined with Celgene Corporation’s drug Abraxane ® (nab-paclitaxel) in patients with advanced, high-grade serous ovarian cancer; (iii) a Phase 1/2 trial of relacorilant plus Abraxane in patients with a variety of solid tumors; (iv) a Phase 1/2 trial of CORT125281 combined with Pfizer Inc.’s androgen receptor antagonist Xtandi ® (enzalutamide) in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (“CRPC”) and (v) a placebo-controlled, Phase 1b trial of CORT118335 in healthy subjects as a treatment for antipsychotic-induced weight gain. We are planning placebo-controlled, Phase 2 trials of CORT118335 as a treatment for antipsychotic-induced weight gain and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (“NASH”).
Cushing’s Syndrome
Korlym to Treat Patients with Cushing’s Syndrome . We sell Korlym in the United States, using experienced sales representatives targeting physicians who care for patients with Cushing’s syndrome. Because many people who suffer from Cushing’s syndrome are undiagnosed or inadequately treated, we have developed and continue to refine and expand programs to educate physicians and patients about appropriate screening for and diagnosis of hypercortisolism and the role Korlym can play in treating it. We also have a field-based force of medical science liaisons.
We use one specialty pharmacy and one specialty distributor to distribute Korlym and provide logistical support to physicians and patients. Our policy is that no patient with Cushing’s syndrome will be denied access to Korlym for financial reasons. To help us achieve that goal, we fund our own patient support programs and donate money to independent charitable foundations that help patients pay for all aspects of their Cushing’s syndrome care, whether or not that care includes taking Korlym.
Prior to its approval, the FDA designated Korlym an orphan drug for the treatment of endogenous Cushing’s syndrome, which conferred upon us seven years of exclusive marketing rights in the United States for the treatment of that indication. This exclusivity period expired on February 17, 2019, which means a competitor who receives FDA approval for a generic equivalent of Korlym may market its drug to patients with Cushing’s syndrome, provided doing so would not infringe any of our patents.  We have eight patents listed in the FDA's Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, commonly known as the Orange Book, that we believe would be infringed by a generic competitor for Korlym.  These patents have terms ranging from 2028 to 2037. Additional applications for patents we believe would qualify for the Orange Book are under examination by the USPTO.
Relacorilant to Treat Patients with Cushing’s Syndrome . We are conducting a Phase 3 trial of our proprietary, selective cortisol modulator, relacorilant, as a treatment for hypercortisolism. Patients in relacorilant’s Phase 2 trial exhibited meaningful improvements in hyperglycemia and hypertension - two of Cushing syndrome’s most common and pernicious symptoms. Relacorilant shares Korlym’s affinity for GR, but unlike Korlym has no affinity for PR, and so does not cause the effects associated with PR affinity, including termination of pregnancy, endometrial thickening and vaginal bleeding. In addition, relacorilant does

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not cause hypokalemia (low potassium), a potentially serious adverse event that is the leading cause of patients stopping treatment with Korlym. Forty-four percent of patients in Korlym’s pivotal trial experienced hypokalemia.
We expect to enroll 139 patients in relacorilant’s Phase 3 trial at sites in the United States and Europe. Each patient will receive relacorilant for 22 weeks, at which time any who have demonstrated pre-specified improvements in hypertension or glucose metabolism will enter a twelve-week, double-blind, “randomized withdrawal” phase, in which half of the patients will continue receiving relacorilant and the rest will receive placebo. The trial’s primary endpoints will be the rate and degree of relapse in patients receiving placebo compared to those continuing relacorilant.
The FDA has designated relacorilant as an orphan drug for the treatment of patients with Cushing’s syndrome, which qualifies us for tax credit and marketing incentives under the Orphan Drug Act, including seven years of exclusive marketing rights in the United States for the treatment of patients with Cushing’s syndrome, provided we are the first to get FDA approval for relacorilant in that indication, with limited exceptions. In addition, our planned marketing application for relacorilant will not be subject to a prescription drug user fee unless the application also includes an indication that is outside the scope of the orphan designation. Orphan Drug designation for one medication, once received, does not prevent competitors from developing or marketing different drugs for the same indication. It also does not convey an advantage in, or shorten the duration of, the review and approval process for a drug.
In May 2019, the European Medicines Agency recommended orphan designation for relacorilant to treat patients with Cushing's syndrome. The European Commission is expected to adopt the recommendation, which provides regulatory and financial incentives for companies to develop and market therapies to treat serious disorders, including ten years of marketing exclusivity in the European Union ("EU"), eligibility for protocol assistance, reduced fees and access to the EU's centralized marketing authorization procedure.
FKBP5 Gene Expression Assay .  The tests diagnosing patients with hypercortisolism and optimizing their treatment are imprecise and often fail to identify patients with less severe manifestations of the disease. We have developed an assay to measure expression of the gene FKBP5, which is stimulated by cortisol activity, and have completed analytical validation pursuant to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (“CLIA”). Clinical data indicate that FKBP5 levels are high in patients suffering from hypercortisolism (i.e., excess cortisol activity), but subside when they are successfully treated. We believe this assay will enable physicians to identify new patients with hypercortisolism more easily and to better treat those already in their care.
Oncology
Many types of solid tumors express GR and are potential targets for cortisol modulation therapy, among them pancreatic, ovarian, castration-resistant prostate, triple-negative breast, cervical and vulvar cancers, as well as sarcoma and melanoma.
Relacorilant to Treat Patients with Solid Tumors .  We are conducting a Phase 2, controlled trial of relacorilant in combination with Abraxane to treat patients with advanced high-grade serious ovarian tumors. The trial is expected to enroll 177 patients at sites in the United States and Europe. Two thirds of the patients will receive relacorilant plus Abraxane. The rest will receive Abraxane alone. The primary endpoint will be progression-free survival (“PFS”), as measured by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (“RECIST”).
We initiated this Phase 2 trial because of encouraging early data generated by our Phase 1/2 open label study of relacorilant plus Abraxane to treat a wide variety of solid tumors, which continues to enroll patients. As we identify indications of clinical activity in particular tumor types, we plan to further test the combination’s efficacy and safety in cohorts of approximately 20 patients or in separate, larger clinical trials. We have opened a cohort in patients with pancreatic cancer and continue to explore opening cohorts in patients with other solid tumors.
In addition to composition of matter patents covering our selective cortisol modulators, we own three United States patents covering the use of relacorilant and CORT125281 to treat forms of pancreatic cancer.
Korlym to Treat Patients with Solid Tumors . In December 2016, we announced the results of our Phase 1/2 trial of Korlym in combination with eribulin (Eisai Inc.’s drug, Halaven ® ) to treat patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (“TNBC”). The trial studied 21 patients with GR-positive tumors, one with GR-negative tumors and one with tumors whose GR status was not known. As determined using the RECIST criteria, efficacy results were as follows: four patients exhibited a partial response, defined as a 30 percent or greater reduction in tumor size; eight had stable disease; and 11 had progressive disease. Six patients achieved PFS longer than the upper bound of the 95% confidence interval for PFS (15 weeks) in patients receiving Halaven ® monotherapy in a comparable population (Aogi et al., Annals of Oncology 23: 1441-1448, 2012). Median PFS in the trial was 11.1 weeks - compared to 7.2 weeks in the Halaven monotherapy study reported by Aogi.

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We believe the addition of Korlym to anticancer medications warrants further study. University of Chicago investigators have initiated three such trials: With funding from Celgene, they are leading a 64-patient double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center, Phase 2 trial of Korlym combined with Abraxane to treat patients with TNBC. They are conducting a 74-patient, open label trial of Korlym combined with Merck’s drug Keytruda ® (pembrolizumab) in patients with advanced HER2-negative and triple-negative breast cancer. Merck is funding this trial and providing Keytruda ® . They also are leading an 84-patient, controlled, multicenter Phase 2 trial of Korlym combined with Xtandi to treat patients with metastatic CRPC. The Department of Defense and the Prostate Cancer Foundation are funding this trial and Pfizer is providing Xtandi. We are providing Korlym for all of these trials.
We have exclusively licensed patents from the University of Chicago covering the use of cortisol modulators combined with anticancer agents to treat TNBC and CRPC.
Cortisol Modulators to Treat Patients with Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (“CRPC”) . We are conducting an open label, Phase 1/2 trial of our proprietary, selective cortisol modulator CORT125281 combined with Xtandi in patients with metastatic CRPC. Investigators at the University of Chicago are conducting a dose-finding trial of relacorilant combined with Xtandi in same patient population. We are providing relacorilant.
Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain and NASH.    In animal models, our proprietary selective cortisol modulator CORT118335 potently prevents and reverses the weight gain caused by Eli Lilly and Company’s antipsychotic medication Zyprexa ® (olanzapine).  These findings replicate data from placebo-controlled clinical trials we conducted in which mifepristone significantly reduced the weight gain and adverse metabolic effects experienced by healthy subjects administered Zyprexa or Johnson & Johnson’s antipsychotic medication Risperdal ® (risperidone). We published the results of these trials in the journals Advances in Therapy , Gross et al (2009) and Obesity , Gross et al (2010).
We are conducting a placebo-controlled, Phase 1b trial of CORT118335 in healthy subjects as a treatment for antipsychotic-induced weight gain. Study participants will receive Zyprexa and either CORT118335 or placebo for two weeks, with the primary endpoint being change in weight compared to baseline. Markers of metabolic activity, including liver function, lipids and glucose will also be measured.
We are planning two Phase 2, placebo-controlled trials of CORT118335 in patients taking antipsychotic medications - one to study reversal of recent weight gain and the other to study reversal of long-standing weight gain.
CORT118335 prevents and reverses non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and liver fibrosis in animal models.  We conducted these pre-clinical studies in response to data suggesting that cortisol modulation with Korlym plays a role in reversing fatty liver disease in some patients with hypercortisolism.  Fatty liver disease is a precursor to NASH, a disease that afflicts millions of people in the United States.  We plan to conduct a placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial of CORT118335 as a treatment for NASH.
Our Other Selective Cortisol Modulators
Our portfolio of proprietary selective cortisol modulators, which includes relacorilant, CORT125281 and CORT118335, consists of more than 500 compounds in three structurally distinct series, covered by ten issued United States composition of matter patents. All of these compounds potently bind to GR but not the progesterone, estrogen or androgen receptors. Many of these compounds have demonstrated positive results in animal or in vitro models of cortisol modulation. We plan to continue identifying new compounds and advancing the most promising of them towards the clinic. We hold U.S. and foreign patents covering these compounds and their methods of use in a wide range of range of indications. We have applied, and will continue to apply, for patents covering the method of use of Korlym and the composition and method of use of our selective cortisol modulators.
Results of Operations
Net Product Revenue Net product revenue is gross product revenue from sales to our customers less deductions for estimated government rebates and chargebacks.
Net product revenue was $64.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019, as compared to $57.7 million in the corresponding period in 2018. The increase in net product revenue was primarily driven by an increase in our sales volume.
Cost of sales Cost of sales includes the cost of API, tableting, packaging, personnel, overhead, stability testing and distribution.
Cost of sales was $1.2 million for each of the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, cost of sales was 1.9 percent of our net product revenue, as compared to 2.0 percent in the corresponding period of 2018. Cost of sales as a percentage of revenue slightly declined due to lower manufacturing costs.

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Research and development expenses  – Research and development expenses include the cost of (1) recruiting and compensating development personnel, (2) clinical trials, (3) drug product and preclinical studies in support of clinical trials and regulatory submissions, (4) discovery research and (5) the development of drug formulations and manufacturing processes.
Research and development expenses increased to $20.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 from $17.1 million for the comparable period of 2018. The increase was due to increased spending on recruiting and compensating clinical development personnel and the discovery and pre-clinical advancement of new compounds.
Below is a summary of our research and development expenses by major project:
 
Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
2019
 
2018
Project
(in thousands)
Development programs:
 
 
 
Oncology
$
5,214

 
$
3,401

Endocrinology
6,846

 
4,145

Pre-clinical and clinical selective cortisol modulators
3,559

 
6,542

Unallocated activities, including pre-clinical, manufacturing and
   regulatory activities
2,646

 
1,498

Stock-based compensation
1,979

 
1,464

Total research and development expense
$
20,244

 
$
17,050

 
Research and development expenses in 2019 and future years will depend on the outcomes of our pre-clinical and clinical trials and our development plans. We expect research and development spending for 2019 to be higher than it was in 2018 as our programs advance and we begin new ones.
It is difficult to predict the timing and cost of development activities, which are subject to many risks and uncertainties, including inconclusive results, slow patient enrollment, unforeseen adverse side effects and difficulties in the formulation or manufacture of study drugs, as well as their real or perceived lack of efficacy or safety. In addition, clinical development is subject to extensive government oversight and to regulations that may change unpredictably and without notice.
Selling, general and administrative expenses -  Selling, general and administrative expenses include (1) compensation of employees, consultants and contractors engaged in commercial and administrative activities, (2) the cost of vendors supporting commercial activities and (3) legal and accounting fees.
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2019 increased to $24.4 million, from $18.4 million for the comparable period of 2018, primarily due to for the cost of recruiting and retaining new employees, volume-related distribution costs and an increase in professional service fees.
We expect selling, general and administrative expenses to be higher in 2019 than in 2018 due to increased commercial and administrative activities. Selling, general and administrative activities in 2019 and later years will depend on the cost and extent of our commercial and administrative activities. 
Interest and other income - Interest and other income for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $1.1 million, compared to $0.3 million for the comparable period of 2018. This increase was due to an increase in our cash and marketable securities balance and increases in short-term interest rates.
Income tax expense - Income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $1.8 million compared to $3.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018. The decrease in income tax expense was primarily due to increased discrete benefits from the exercise of non-qualified stock options during the three months ended March 31, 2019, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2018.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
At March 31, 2019, we had an accumulated deficit of $99.5 million. Since 2015, we have relied on revenues from the sale of Korlym to fund our operations.

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Based on our current plans, which include fully funding our Cushing’s syndrome commercial operations, conducting Phase 2 and Phase 3 trials of relacorilant in Cushing’s syndrome and solid tumors, the development of CORT125281 to treat patients with CRPC and CORT118335 to treat patients with antipsychotic-induced weight gain and NASH, we expect to fund our operations without needing to raise additional funds, although we may choose to raise additional funds for other reasons.  If we were to raise funds, equity financing would be dilutive to stockholders. Debt financing, if available, could involve restrictive covenants.  Funds raised through collaborations with other companies may require us to relinquish certain rights in our product candidates.
At March 31, 2019, we had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $215.8 million, consisting of cash and cash equivalents of $49.7 million and marketable securities of $166.1 million, compared to cash and cash equivalents of $41.6 million and marketable securities of $165.1 million at December 31, 2018.
Net cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $23.7 million, compared to $34.4 million for the comparable period of 2018. This decrease was primarily due to the receipt of $12.9 million from our former specialty pharmacy in the first quarter of 2018, partially offset by slightly higher sales volumes.
Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $0.4 million, compared to $34.3 million for the comparable period of 2018, primarily due to increased proceeds from maturities of marketable securities.
Net cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $15.3 million compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $1.9 million for the comparable period of 2018. Stock option exercises provided $2.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019, compared to $1.9 million for the comparable period of 2018. We repurchased an aggregate of $13.6 million of our common stock during the first quarter of 2019 in accordance with the Stock Repurchase Program. At March 31, 2019, $62.8 million of the current authorization for the Stock Repurchase Program remained available for the repurchase of shares of our common stock. We also paid $4.2 million to satisfy statutory withholding requirements for the net settlement of a cashless option exercise in March 2019.
The cash in our bank accounts and our marketable securities could be affected if the financial institutions holding them were to fail or be subject to adverse conditions in the financial markets. We have never experienced a loss or lack of access to cash.
Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments
Our contractual payment obligations and purchase commitments as of December 31, 2018 are disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. They have not changed materially during the three months ended March 31, 2019.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
None.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
We have prepared our financial statements in accordance with GAAP, which requires us to make estimates regarding our assets, liabilities and expenses. We base our estimates on assumptions we believe to be reasonable. Actual results may differ if our assumptions are incorrect or the conditions in which we do business change in ways we did not anticipate. Our critical accounting policies and estimates are discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we implemented internal controls in connection with our adoption of ASC Topic 842. There were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter covered by this report that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Our market risks as of March 31, 2019 are disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.  They have not changed materially during the three months ended March 31, 2019.

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ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures . Our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined under Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act as of March 31, 2019. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures provide a reasonable level of assurance that the information required to be disclosed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q was (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and (ii) communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, so as to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance that our disclosures are accurate and timely.
Changes in internal control over financial reporting .  Our Chief Financial Officer and other members of management have evaluated the changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2019 and concluded that there was no change during the quarter that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1A.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Teva ANDA Litigation .
On February 5, 2018, we received a Paragraph IV Notice Letter advising that Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (“Teva”) had submitted an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) to the FDA seeking authorization to manufacture, use or sell a generic version of Korlym in the United States prior to the expiration of certain of our patents related to Korlym - U.S. Patent No. 8,921,348 (the “’348 patent”) and U.S. Patent No. 9,829,495 (the “’495 patent”) - which are listed in the FDA’s Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (referred to as the “Orange Book”). Teva’s February 5, 2018 Notice Letter alleges that the ’348 patent, with an expiration date in August 2028, and the ’495 patent, with an expiration date in August 2036, will not be infringed by Teva’s proposed product, are invalid and/or are unenforceable. On March 15, 2018, we filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Teva for infringement of these patents. On October 12, 2018, Teva received tentative approval from the FDA for its ANDA. In accordance with the Hatch-Waxman Act, however, as a result of having filed a timely lawsuit against Teva, FDA final approval of Teva’s ANDA will be stayed until the earlier of (i) 30 months from our February 5, 2018 receipt of Teva’s Paragraph IV Notice Letter or (ii) a District Court decision finding that the identified patents are invalid, unenforceable or not infringed.
On July 6, 2018, we filed an Amended Complaint against Teva, asserting infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,943,526 (the “’526 patent”). On February 8, 2019, we filed a second lawsuit against Teva, asserting infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 10,166,242 (“the ʼ242 patent”), 10,166,243 (“the ʼ243 patent”) and 10,195,214 (“the ʼ214 patent”). No new 30-month stay results from the filing of the Amended Complaint or new lawsuit. On February 21, 2019, the District Court consolidated the two lawsuits.
We will vigorously enforce our intellectual property rights relating to Korlym, but we cannot predict the outcome of this matter.
Post-Grant Review at the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board
On May 7, 2019, Teva submitted a petition for post-grant review at the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) of the ‘214 patent, which is one of the patents we have asserted against Teva in the ANDA litigation.  The PTAB has not yet reached a decision as to whether or not it will institute post-grant review.
Inter Partes Review at the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board
In August 2018, Neptune Generics, LLC (“Neptune”) submitted a petition for Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) at the PTAB of U.S. Patent No. 8,921,348 (’348), which is related to Korlym. Neptune is backed by Burford Capital Ltd., a U.K.-based ligation finance company, and does not have regulatory approval to sell any drug in the United States. On February 15, 2019, the PTAB granted institution to the IPR and an oral argument hearing date has been set for November 14, 2019. We plan to vigorously defend the validity of the ’348 patent.
Purported Class Action Complaint
On March 14, 2019, a purported securities class action complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by Nicholas Melucci (Melucci v. Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated, et al., Case No. 5:19-cv-01372-LHK).  The complaint named the Company and certain of its executive officers as defendants asserting violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder and alleges that the defendants made false and materially misleading statements and failed to disclose adverse facts about the company’s business, operations, and prospects. The complaint asserts a putative class period stemming from August 2, 2017 to February 5, 2019 and seeks unspecified monetary relief, interest and attorneys’ fees.  Motions for lead plaintiff are due on May 13, 2019. 
In addition to the matters described above, we are involved from time to time in other legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. Although the outcome of any pending matters and the amount, if any, of our ultimate liability with respect to them cannot be predicted with certainty, we do not believe that the ultimate outcome of such matters will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or results of operations.

ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS

Investing in our common stock involves significant risks. Before investing, carefully consider the risks described below and the other information in this quarterly report, including our financial statements and related notes. The risks and uncertainties described below are the ones we believe may materially affect us. There may be others of which we are unaware, but which become

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important and materially harm our business or financial condition and cause the price of our stock to decline, in which case you could lose part or all of your investment.
Risks Related to our Commercial Activities
Failure to generate sufficient revenue from the sale of Korlym would harm our financial results and would likely cause our stock price to decline.
Our ability to generate revenue and fund our commercial operations and development programs is dependent on the sale of Korlym to treat patients with Cushing’s syndrome. Physicians will prescribe Korlym only if they determine that it is preferable to other treatments, even if those treatments are not approved for Cushing’s syndrome. Because Cushing’s syndrome is rare, most physicians are inexperienced diagnosing or caring for patients with the illness and it can be hard to persuade them to identify appropriate patients and prescribe them Korlym.
Many factors could limit our Korlym revenue, including:
the preference of some physicians for off-label treatments for Cushing’s syndrome, such as ketoconazole;
competition from non-medical treatments, such as surgery and radiation;
the potential introduction of a competitor for Korlym, including a generic version of Korlym;
the lack of availability of adequate private and government insurance coverage;
negative publicity and political concerns about Korlym, RU-486, Mifeprex ® or mifepristone; and
rapid technological change that makes Korlym obsolete.
Failure to generate sufficient Korlym revenue may prevent us from fully funding our planned commercial and clinical activities and would likely cause our stock price to decline.
If generic products that compete with Korlym are approved and launched, our business, financial position or results of operations would be adversely affected.
Although Korlym is protected by patents covering its method of use, including its use to treat patients with Cushing’s syndrome, we cannot assure you that third parties will not attempt to invalidate or design around the patents or assert that they are invalid or otherwise unenforceable and introduce generic equivalents of Korlym. In February 2018, we received notice that Teva had filed an ANDA requesting approval to market a generic form of Korlym. Teva’s Paragraph IV Notice Letter asserted that our patents listed in the Orange Book for Korlym at the time Teva filed its ANDA are invalid, unenforceable or will not be infringed by Teva’s proposed generic product. We have filed suit against Teva in Federal District Court defending our patents, triggering a statutory automatic 30-month stay of FDA approval, beginning as of the date we received the Notice Letter. Litigation to enforce or defend intellectual property rights is complex, costly and involves significant commitments of management time. If our Orange Book patents are successfully challenged by Teva or any other party and a generic version of Korlym is approved, our sales of Korlym and its price could decline significantly.
The period of marketing exclusivity provided by Korlym’s orphan drug designation expired on February 17, 2019, which means that other companies may seek to introduce generic equivalents of Korlym, provided they receive FDA approval and can show that their products do not infringe our patents or that our patents are invalid or unenforceable. After the introduction of a generic competitor, a significant percentage of the prescriptions written for a product may be filled with the generic version, reducing sales of the branded product and its price, sometimes rapidly. Generic competition for Korlym would have a material adverse effect on our sales, results of operations and financial condition.
Other companies offer or are attempting to develop different medications to treat patients with Cushing’s syndrome. The availability of competing treatments could limit our revenue from Korlym.
In 2012, Novartis received approval in both the United States and the EU to market its somatostatin analogue Signifor ® (pasireotide) Injection for adult patients with Cushing’s disease (a subset of Cushing’s syndrome) for whom pituitary surgery is not an option or has not been curative.  Novartis is also conducting Phase 3 trials of the experimental cortisol synthesis inhibitor osilodrostat to treat patients with Cushing’s syndrome.  It has received orphan drug designation for osilodrostat in the United States and the EU for that use. Novartis has substantially more resources and experience than we do and may provide significant competition.
Strongbridge Biopharma plc (“Strongbridge”) has received orphan drug designation in the United States and the EU for the use of the cortisol synthesis inhibitor levoketoconazole to treat patients with Cushing’s syndrome.  Levoketoconazole is an enantiomer of the generic anti-fungal medication, ketoconazole, that is prescribed off-label to treat patients with Cushing’s

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syndrome. Strongbridge has completed one Phase 3 trial, which met its primary endpoint of reducing cortisol synthesis, and is conducting a second Phase 3 trial.
If we cannot continue to obtain acceptable prices or adequate insurance coverage and reimbursement for Korlym, we will be unable to generate significant revenues.
The commercial success of Korlym depends on the availability of insurance coverage and reimbursement.  Government payors, including Medicare, Medicaid and the Veterans Administration, as well as private insurers and health maintenance organizations, are increasingly attempting to contain healthcare costs by limiting reimbursement for medicines. If government or private payors cease to provide adequate and timely coverage and reimbursement for Korlym, physicians may not prescribe the medication and patients may not purchase it, even if it is prescribed. In addition, delays in coverage for individual patients may reduce our revenues.
In some foreign markets, drug prices and the profitability of prescription medications are subject to government control. In the United States, we expect that there will continue to be federal and state proposals for similar controls. Also, the trends toward managed health care in the United States and recent laws and legislation intended to increase the public visibility of drug prices and reduce the cost of government and private insurance programs could significantly influence the purchase of health care services and products and may result in lower prices for Korlym.
In the United States, there have been and continue to be a number of legislative initiatives to contain healthcare costs. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”), which was passed in 2010, substantially changed the way health care is financed by both governmental and private insurers. The PPACA, among other things, expanded Medicaid program eligibility and access to commercial health insurance coverage, increased the minimum Medicaid rebates owed by manufacturers under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program and extended the rebate program to individuals enrolled in Medicaid managed care organizations, established annual fees and taxes on manufacturers of certain branded prescription drugs, and promoted a new Medicare Part D coverage gap discount program. The PPACA also appropriated funding to comparative clinical effectiveness research, although it remains unclear how the research will affect Medicare coverage and reimbursement or how new information will influence other third-party payor policies.
Since its enactment, there have been judicial and Congressional challenges to certain aspects of the PPACA, and we expect there will be additional challenges and amendments to the PPACA in the future. For example, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts (the “Tax Act”) was enacted, which, among other things, removed penalties for not complying with the individual mandate to carry health insurance. On December 14, 2018, a U.S. District Court Judge in the Northern District of Texas, ruled that the individual mandate is a critical and inseverable feature of the PPACA, and therefore, because it was repealed as part of the Tax Act, the remaining provisions of the PPACA are invalid as well. While the Trump Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have both stated that the ruling will have no immediate effect, it is unclear how this decision, subsequent appeals, if any, and other efforts to repeal the PPACA will affect the law. At this time, the full effect that any subsequent legislation regarding the PPACA would have on our business is unclear. Any new limitations on, changes to, or uncertainty with respect to the ability of individuals to enroll in governmental reimbursement programs or other third-party payor insurance plans could reduce Korlym sales, which in turn could affect our ability to successfully develop and commercialize new products.
Other legislative and regulatory changes have been proposed and adopted in the United States since the PPACA was enacted. These changes included an aggregate reduction in Medicare payments to providers of up to 2 percent per fiscal year, which went into effect on April 1, 2013 and will remain in effect through 2027 unless additional Congressional action is taken, and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which further reduced Medicare payments to several providers, including hospitals, imaging centers and cancer treatment centers, and increased the statute of limitations period for the government to recover overpayments to providers from three to five years. Moreover, the federal government and the individual states in the United States have become increasingly active in developing proposals, passing legislation and implementing regulations designed to control drug pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, formulary flexibility, marketing cost disclosure and transparency measures.
These new laws and the regulations and policies implementing them, as well as other healthcare-related measures that may be adopted in the future, could materially reduce our ability to develop and commercialize our product candidates.
The unfavorable public perception of mifepristone may limit our ability to sell Korlym.
The active ingredient in Korlym, mifepristone, is approved by the FDA in another drug for the termination of early pregnancy. As a result, mifepristone is the subject of considerable debate in the United States and elsewhere. Public perception of mifepristone may limit the acceptance of Korlym by patients and physicians. Even though we have taken measures to minimize

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the chance that Korlym will be accidentally be prescribed to a pregnant woman, physicians may choose not to prescribe Korlym to a woman simply to avoid the risk of unintentionally terminating a pregnancy.
We have no manufacturing or pharmacy capabilities and depend on third parties to manufacture Korlym’s active ingredient, form it into tablets, package it and dispense it to patients. We also depend on third parties to manufacture the API and capsules or tablets for our product candidates. If these suppliers become unable or unwilling to perform these functions and we cannot transfer our business to replacement vendors in a timely manner, our business will be harmed.
A single third-party manufacturer, PCAS, supplies the API in Korlym. Another third-party manufacturer, Alcami, produces and bottles Korlym tablets. Our agreement with Alcami automatically renews and can be terminated by either party, subject to notice provisions. Our agreement with PCAS automatically renews for two one-year terms, unless either party provides 12-months' notice of its intent not to renew. A single specialty pharmacy, Optime Care, Inc. (“Optime”), dispenses the Korlym we sell directly to patients and collects payments from insurers and other payers representing approximately 99 percent of our revenue. If Optime does not adhere to its agreements with payers, it may not be able to collect some or all of the payments due to us. Our agreement with Optime has a five-year term and renews upon the written consent of both parties, subject to customary termination provisions. In addition, we may terminate the agreement for convenience.
The facilities used by our vendors to manufacture and package the API and drug product of Korlym and our product candidates must be approved by the FDA and, in some cases, the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”). We do not control the activities of these vendors and are dependent on them for compliance with the regulatory requirements known as current good manufacturing practices (“cGMPs”). If our vendors cannot manufacture material that conforms to our specifications and the strict requirements of the FDA or others, they will not be able to maintain regulatory approval for their facilities, which could prohibit us from using the API or drug product they have provided to us. We have no control over whether our vendors maintain adequate quality control and hire qualified personnel. If the FDA, EMA or other regulatory authority does not approve the facilities they use or if a necessary approval is withdrawn, we may need to find alternative vendors or facilities, which would be time-consuming, complex and expensive and could significantly hamper our ability to develop, obtain regulatory approval for and market our products. In addition, sanctions could be imposed on us, including fines, injunctions, civil penalties, failure of regulators to approve our product candidates, delays, suspensions or withdrawals of approvals, seizures or recalls of products, operating restrictions and criminal prosecutions, any of which could harm our business.
We may not have adequate insurance to cover our exposure to product liability claims.
We may be subject to product liability or other claims based on allegations that Korlym or one of our product candidates has harmed a patient. Such a claim may damage our reputation by raising questions about Korlym or our product candidates’ safety and could prevent or interfere with product development or commercialization. Less common adverse effects of a pharmaceutical product are sometimes not known until long after the product is approved for marketing. Because the active ingredient in Korlym is used to terminate pregnancy, clinicians using the medicine in our clinical trials and physicians prescribing the medicine to women must take strict precautions to ensure that the medicine is not administered to pregnant women. Failure to observe these precautions could result in significant product liability claims.
We have product liability insurance with coverage we believe to be appropriate. However, this insurance may not fully cover our potential liabilities. Our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage could inhibit development of our product candidates or result in significant underinsured or uninsured liability. Defending a lawsuit could be costly and divert management from productive activities.
We are subject to ongoing regulatory oversight. If we are unable to maintain approval of Korlym for the treatment of patients with Cushing’s syndrome or if we fail to comply with regulatory requirements, we will be unable to generate revenue or may be subject to penalties.
We are subject to oversight by the FDA and other regulatory authorities in the United States and elsewhere with respect to our research, testing, manufacturing, labeling, distribution, adverse event reporting, storage, advertising, promotion, recordkeeping, sales and marketing activities. These requirements include submissions of safety information, annual updates on manufacturing activities and continued compliance with FDA regulations, including cGMPs, current good laboratory practices (“cGLPs”) and current good clinical practices (“cGCPs”). The FDA enforces these regulations through inspections of us and the laboratories, manufacturers and clinical sites we use.  Foreign regulatory authorities have comparable requirements and enforcement mechanisms. Discovery of previously unknown problems with a product or product candidate, such as adverse events of unanticipated severity or frequency or deficiencies in manufacturing processes or management, as well as failure to comply with FDA or other U.S. or foreign regulatory requirements, may subject us to substantial civil and criminal penalties, injunctions, holds on clinical trials, product seizure, refusal to permit the import or export of products, restrictions on product marketing, withdrawal

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of the product from the market, product recalls, total or partial suspension of production, refusal to approve pending NDAs or supplemental NDAs, and suspension or revocation of product approvals.
In addition, the FDA regulates the post-approval marketing and promotion of drugs to ensure they are marketed only for their approved indications and in accordance with the provisions of their FDA-approved labeling and imposes stringent restrictions on a manufacturer’s communications regarding any non-approved use. If we fail to adhere to these restrictions, we could be subject to enforcement action for “off-label” promotion and for potential violations of federal and state health care fraud and abuse laws and state consumer protection laws. The FDA may change its policies or enact new regulations at any time that restrict our ability to promote our products.
We cannot predict how government regulation may change. For example, the Trump administration has taken actions that could impose significant burdens on or materially delay the FDA’s ability to implement new rules, issue guidance and review and approve marketing applications. It is difficult to predict how these executive actions will be implemented, if at all, and the extent to which they will affect the FDA’s ability to exercise its authority. If these executive actions impair the FDA’s ability to carry out its regulatory responsibilities or if we are slow or unable to adapt to sudden changes in regulatory requirements, our regulatory compliance may lapse and we may lose marketing approval for Korlym or face enforcement action.
We may be subject to civil or criminal penalties if we market Korlym in a manner that violates FDA regulations or health care fraud and abuse laws.
In the United States, we are subject to FDA regulations governing the promotion and sale of medications. Although physicians are permitted to prescribe drugs for any indication they choose, manufacturers may only promote products for their FDA-approved use.  All other uses are referred to as “off-label.” In the United States, we market Korlym to treat hyperglycemia secondary to hypercortisolism in adult patients with endogenous Cushing’s syndrome who have type 2 diabetes mellitus or glucose intolerance and for whom surgery has failed or is not an option. We provide promotional materials and training programs to physicians covering the use of Korlym for this indication. Although we believe our marketing materials and training programs do not constitute “off-label” promotion of Korlym, the FDA may disagree. If the FDA determines that our promotional materials, training or other activities by our employees or agents constitute “off-label” promotion of Korlym, it could ask us to change our training or promotional materials or other activities. The FDA could also subject us to regulatory enforcement actions, including issuance of a public “warning letter,” injunction, seizure, civil fine or criminal penalties. Other federal or state enforcement authorities might act if they believe that the alleged improper promotion led to the submission and payment of claims for an unapproved use, which could result in significant fines or penalties under other statutory authorities, such as laws prohibiting false claims for reimbursement. Even if it is determined that we are not in violation of these laws, we may be faced with negative publicity, incur significant expenses and be forced to devote management time to defending our position.
We are subject to federal and state healthcare fraud and abuse regulations, including:
the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits, among other things, knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering or paying remuneration, directly or indirectly, in exchange for or to induce either the referral of an individual for, or the purchase, order or recommendation of, any good or service for which payment may be made under federal health care programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. A person or entity does not need to have actual knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it in order to have committed a violation;
federal false claims laws, including, without limitation, the False Claims Act, which prohibit any person from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false claim for payment to the federal government, or knowingly making, or causing to be made, a false statement to get a false claim paid. Pharmaceutical companies have been prosecuted under these laws for a variety of promotional and marketing activities, such as allegedly providing free product to or entering into “sham” consulting arrangements with customers to induce such customers to purchase, order or recommend the company’s products in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and federal false claims laws and regulations; reporting to pricing services inflated average wholesale prices that were then used by certain governmental programs to set reimbursement rates; engaging in the promotion of “off-label” uses that caused customers to submit claims to and obtain reimbursement from governmental payors for non-covered “off-label” uses; and submitting inflated best price information to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program; the government may assert that a claim including items and services resulting from a violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the False Claims Act;
the federal Civil Monetary Penalties law, which prohibits, among other things, offering or transferring remuneration to a federal healthcare beneficiary that a person knows or should know is likely to influence the beneficiary’s decision to order or receive items or services reimbursable by the government from a particular provider or supplier;

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the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”), which created federal criminal laws that prohibit executing a scheme to defraud any health care benefit program or making false statements relating to health care matters;
federal “sunshine” laws, including the federal Physician Payment Sunshine Act, that require transparency regarding financial arrangements with health care providers, such as the reporting and disclosure requirements imposed by the PPACA on drug manufacturers regarding any “transfer of value” made or distributed to prescribers and other health care providers, and ownership or investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members. Manufacturers are required to submit reports detailing these financial arrangements by the 90th day of each calendar year;
HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 and their respective implementing regulations, which impose obligations on covered healthcare providers, health plans, and healthcare clearinghouses, as well as their business associates that create, receive, maintain or transmit individually identifiable health information for or on behalf of a covered entity, with respect to safeguarding the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information;
federal consumer protection and unfair competition laws, which broadly regulate marketplace activities and activities that potentially harm consumers; and
state law equivalents of each of the above federal laws, such as anti-kickback and false claims laws which may apply to items or services reimbursed by any third-party payor, including commercial insurers; state laws that require pharmaceutical companies to comply with the pharmaceutical industry’s voluntary compliance guidelines and the relevant compliance guidance promulgated by the federal government or otherwise restrict payments that may be made to healthcare providers; state laws that require drug manufacturers to report information related to payments and other transfers of value to physicians and other healthcare providers or marketing expenditures and pricing information; and state laws governing the privacy and security of health information in certain circumstances, many of which differ from each other in significant ways and often are not preempted by HIPAA, thus complicating compliance efforts.
The risk of our being found in violation of these laws and regulations is increased by the fact that many of them have not been definitively interpreted by the regulatory authorities or the courts and their provisions are open to a variety of interpretations. Because of the breadth of these laws and the narrowness of the statutory exceptions and safe harbors available under them, it is possible that some of our business activities, including our relationships with physicians and other healthcare providers (some of whom recommend, purchase and/or prescribe our products) and the manner in which we promote our products, could be subject to challenge. We are also exposed to the risk that our employees, independent contractors, principal investigators, consultants, vendors, distributors, and contract research organizations (“CROs”) may engage in fraudulent or other illegal activity. Although we have policies and procedures prohibiting such activity, it is not always possible to identify and deter misconduct and the precautions we take may not be effective in controlling unknown risks or in protecting us from governmental investigations or other actions or lawsuits stemming from a failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
If our operations are found to be in violation of any of the laws described above or any other government regulations, we may be subject to civil and criminal penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from governmental health care programs, a corporate integrity agreement or other agreement to resolve allegations of non-compliance, individual imprisonment, and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations, any of which could adversely affect our financial results and ability to operate.
A breakdown or breach of our information technology systems or our failure to protect confidential information concerning patients or others could subject us to liability or interrupt the operation of our business.
We store sensitive data on our computer networks and on the networks of our vendors, including intellectual property and confidential information relating to our business, patients and employees. Despite the implementation of security measures, our internal computer systems and those of our vendors are subject to the risk of cyberattacks, computer viruses, unauthorized access, natural disasters, terrorism, war and telecommunication and electrical failures.  They may also be manipulated by criminals seeking to commit fraud or theft. In addition, system failures could cause the loss or theft of valuable clinical trial data or otherwise disrupt our clinical and commercial activities and be expensive and time-consuming to remedy. If a disruption or security breach resulted in the disclosure of confidential or proprietary information, we could incur liability and our research, development and commercialization efforts could be delayed or otherwise harmed.

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We are subject to government regulation and other legal obligations relating to privacy and data protection. Compliance with these requirements is complex and costly. Failure to comply could materially harm our business.
We are subject to subject to statutes concerning data privacy and security, including HIPAA and EU Regulation 2016/679, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). These and other regulations governing personal and confidential data are evolving rapidly as new rules are enacted and existing ones updated and made more stringent.
The GDPR took effect in Europe on May 25, 2018. It establishes new requirements for the use and safeguarding of personal data in the EU and applies to companies established in the EU as well as companies that collect and use personal data to offer goods or services to, or monitor the behavior of, individuals in the EU (including in clinical trials). Penalties for failure to comply include fines of up to €20 million or four percent of worldwide annual revenue, whichever is greater. Data protection authorities in some of the EU member states have not completed their interpretative guidance and implementing laws and regulations regarding GDPR, which makes compliance difficult. In addition, data protection authorities of the different EU countries may interpret the regulation differently. Once promulgated, national and EU guidance will likely be updated from time to time, which will add complexity and cost to our collection and handling of data.
Complying with HIPAA, the GDPR and other data privacy and security requirements is complex and costly. Failure to comply by us or our vendors could subject us to litigation, government enforcement actions, substantial penalties and fines, which could harm our business.
We are also dependent on the continued functioning of the SEC, FDA and other federal instrumentalities that regulate us and our industry. The partial or complete closure of these entities, or their inability to hire and retain talented professionals due to uncertainties about their ability to reliably pay their employees, could materially harm our business.
We are dependent on the continued functioning of the FDA and other federal instrumentalities. Inadequate funding of these instrumentalities, their partial or complete closure, or their inability to hire and retain talented professionals due to uncertainties about their ability to pay their employees could materially harm our business.
The FDA’s ability to carry out its mandated functions is affected by a variety of factors, including adequate government funding, the ability to hire and retain key personnel, and statutory, regulatory and policy changes. Disruptions at the FDA and other agencies may slow the time to review new drug applications and respond to other inquiries. Disruptions at the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) may temporarily stop its ability to review and approve proposed financing transactions. Several times in the last few years, including for 35 days beginning on December 22, 2018, the U.S. government has shut down and many regulatory agencies, including the FDA and SEC, have had to furlough employees and stop critical activities. If a prolonged government shutdown occurs, it could significantly impair the FDA, SEC and other authorities' ability to process our submissions, which could materially harm our business.
In addition, many of our patients pay for Korlym with insurance or other support provided by payers who are funded in whole or in part by the U.S. federal government, such as Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare and the Veterans Administration. If a partial or total shutdown of the federal government prevents these payers from funding their obligations, our revenues could decline.
Recent U.S. tax legislation, the impact of which is still not entirely clear, may adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
Recently enacted U.S. tax legislation has significantly changed the U.S. federal income taxation of U.S. corporations, including reducing the U.S. corporate income tax rate, limiting interest deductions, permitting immediate expensing of certain capital expenditures, adopting elements of a territorial tax system, revising the rules governing net operating losses and foreign tax credits, and introducing new anti-base erosion provisions. Many of these changes became effective immediately, without transition periods or grandfathering for existing transactions. The legislation is unclear in many respects and could be subject to potential amendments and technical corrections, as well as interpretations and implementing regulations by the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, which could increase certain adverse impacts of the legislation. In addition, it is unclear how these U.S. federal income tax changes will affect state and local taxation, which often use federal taxable income as a starting point for computing state and local tax liabilities.

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A disaster could damage our own or our manufacturers’ facilities and equipment, which could require us to cease or curtail operations.
Our business is vulnerable to damage from various types of natural disasters or other disruptive events, including earthquakes, fires, floods, power losses and communications failures. Our headquarters are in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is earthquake-prone. Our specialty pharmacy and tablet manufacturer are in areas subject to hurricanes and tornadoes. Political considerations relating to mifepristone put us and our manufacturers at increased risk of protests and disruptive events. If a disaster were to occur, we might not be able to operate our business. Our insurance may not cover or be adequate to cover losses resulting from disasters or other business interruptions.
Risks Related to our Research and Development Activities
Clinical drug development is lengthy, expensive and often unsuccessful. Results of early studies and trials are often not predictive of later trial results.
Clinical development is expensive and lengthy. Data from clinical trials are susceptible to varying interpretations, which could delay, limit or prevent regulatory approval. The results from early clinical trials are often not predictive of results in later clinical trials. Product candidates may fail to show the desired safety and efficacy traits despite having produced positive results in preclinical studies and initial clinical trials. Many companies have suffered significant setbacks in late-stage clinical trials due to lack of efficacy or unanticipated or unexpectedly severe adverse events.
Our current clinical trials may be too small or otherwise prove inadequate to support regulatory submissions seeking marketing approvals. Even if these trials generate positive results, those results may have to be confirmed in substantially larger, more expensive and lengthier trials before we could realistically seek regulatory approvals.
The commencement and completion of clinical trials may be delayed by many factors, including:
delays obtaining regulatory permission to start a trial or changes to the size or design or regulatory requirements with respect to a trial already underway;
inability to secure acceptable terms with vendors and clinical trial sites;
delays or inability to obtain institutional review board (“IRB”) approval at prospective trial sites;
slow patient enrollment;
failure of patients or investigators to comply with the clinical trial protocol;
negative or inconclusive trial results; and
negative findings of inspections of clinical sites or manufacturing operations by us, the FDA or other authorities.
We may not be able to select and qualify appropriate clinical sites. If the clinical sites we select do not enroll enough patients in a timely way, we may not complete our trials as planned, which could delay the approval of our product candidates. We could also encounter delays if a clinical trial is suspended or terminated by us, the trial’s data safety monitoring board or the IRBs governing the sites where the trial is being conducted. The FDA or other regulatory authorities may suspend or terminate a trial for many reasons, including failure to comply with regulatory requirements or clinical protocols, negative findings in an inspection of our clinical trial operations or trial sites by the FDA or other authorities, unforeseen safety issues, failure to demonstrate a benefit or changes in government regulations.
During the development of a product candidate, we may decide, or the FDA or other regulatory authorities may require us, to conduct more pre-clinical or clinical studies or to change the size or design of a trial already underway, which could delay or prevent the completion of development and increase its cost. Even if we conduct all of the clinical trials and supportive studies that we consider appropriate and the results are positive, we may not receive regulatory approval.
Vendors conduct and manage some of our clinical trials and perform data collection and analysis. Failure of these vendors to perform their duties or meet expected timelines may prevent or delay approval of our product candidates.
Third-party clinical investigators and clinical sites enroll patients and CROs manage many of our trials and perform data collection and analysis. Although we control only certain aspects of these third-parties’ activities, we are responsible for ensuring that every study adheres to its protocol and meets regulatory and scientific standards. If any of our vendors does not perform its duties or meet expected deadlines or fails to adhere to applicable cGCPs, or if the quality or accuracy of the data it produces is

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compromised, affected clinical trials may be extended, delayed or terminated and we may be unable to obtain approval for our product candidates.  Similarly, failure of our manufacturers to perform their duties or comply with cGMP may require us to repeat clinical trials, which would delay regulatory approval.
If our agreements with any of these third parties terminate, we may not be able to enter into alternative arrangements in a timely manner or on reasonable terms.
We may be unable to obtain or maintain regulatory approvals for our product or product candidates. Failure can occur at any stage of drug development.
We cannot promote a product candidate unless the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities approves it, which may not happen. Obtaining regulatory approval of a drug is uncertain, lengthy and expensive. Failure can occur at any stage. In order to receive FDA approval, we must demonstrate to the FDA's satisfaction that the new drug is safe and effective for its intended use and that our manufacturing processes comply with cGMPs. Our inability or the inability of our suppliers to comply with applicable FDA and other regulatory requirements can result in delays in or denials of new product approvals, warning letters, fines, consent decrees restricting or suspending manufacturing operations, injunctions, civil penalties, recall or seizure of products, total or partial suspension of product sales and criminal prosecution. Any of these or other regulatory actions could materially harm our business and financial condition.
Future governmental action or changes in FDA policy or personnel may also result in delays or rejection of an NDA or supplemental NDA. We expect that the label for mifepristone for any indication will include, as Korlym’s does, limitations on its use, including a “black-box” warning that it should not be used by pregnant women or women seeking to become pregnant.
If we receive regulatory approval for a product candidate, we will be subject to ongoing FDA requirements and oversight, such as continued safety and other reporting requirements and post-marketing restrictions. If we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, we may not be permitted to develop our product candidates or market our products and may be subject to product recalls or seizures. Any regulatory approvals for our product candidates will specify the uses for which they may be marketed and may also require costly post-marketing studies.
Obtaining regulatory approval of product candidates in foreign jurisdictions would be costly and difficult. Failure to obtain such approvals would prevent us from commercializing our product candidates outside the United States.
We may seek to commercialize our products in international markets, which would require us to receive a marketing authorization and, in many cases, pricing approval, from the appropriate regulatory authorities. These approval processes include all of the risks associated with the FDA’s approval process and, in some cases, more. Approval procedures vary between countries and can require additional pre-clinical or clinical studies. Obtaining approval may take longer than it does in the United States. Although approval by the FDA does not ensure approval by regulatory authorities in other countries, and approval by one foreign regulatory authority does not ensure approval by others, failure or delay in obtaining regulatory approval in one country may have a negative effect on the regulatory process in others.
We face competition from companies with financial, technical and marketing resources substantially greater than our own.
The pharmaceutical industry is very competitive and subject to rapid technological change. Our present and potential competitors include large, diversified pharmaceutical companies, specialized pharmaceutical firms, universities and public and private research institutions.  These competitors may develop and commercialize medications that are superior to and less expensive than ours. We expect competition to intensify.
Many of our competitors and potential competitors have greater experience, more financial and marketing resources and larger research and development staffs than we do. In addition, many of them, either alone or together with their partners, have significantly greater experience than we do in drug development, obtaining regulatory approvals, manufacturing and commercialization. They may develop drugs that are superior to our product candidates, which could render our product candidates obsolete or uncompetitive.
Our efforts to discover, develop and commercialize product candidates beyond Korlym for the treatment of patients with Cushing’s syndrome may not succeed.
To develop additional sources of revenue, we must develop new product candidates or new therapeutic uses for Korlym. Our selective cortisol modulators, including relacorilant, may not be effective to treat any disorder. We may discover that cortisol modulators have unacceptable side effects or are otherwise not safe. We are developing multiple compounds, which will increase our spending, with no assurance of developing drugs that are safe, effective or commercially viable.

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We will need to increase the size of our organization and we may experience difficulties in managing growth.
Our commercial and research and development efforts are constrained by our limited administrative, operational and management resources. To date, we have relied on a small management team. Growth will impose significant added responsibilities on members of management, including the need to recruit and retain additional employees.  Our future financial performance and our ability to compete effectively will depend on our ability to manage growth effectively. To that end, we must:
manage our sales and marketing efforts, clinical trials, research and development activities and supply chain effectively;
hire additional management, clinical development, administrative and sales and marketing personnel; and
develop our administrative, accounting and management information systems and controls.
Failure to accomplish any of these tasks could harm our business.
If we lose key personnel or are unable to attract more skilled personnel, we may be unable to pursue our product development and commercialization goals.
Our ability to operate successfully and manage growth depends upon hiring and retaining skilled, experienced managerial, scientific, sales, marketing, and financial personnel. The job market for qualified personnel is intensely competitive.  We depend on the principal members of our management and scientific staff. Any officer or employee can terminate his or her relationship with us at any time and work for a competitor. We do not have employment insurance covering any of our personnel.  The loss of key individuals could delay our research, development and commercialization efforts.
Risks Related to our Capital Needs and Financial Results
We may need additional capital to fund our operations or for strategic reasons. Such capital may not be available on acceptable terms or at all.
We are dependent on revenue from the sale of Korlym and our cash reserves to fund our commercial operations and development programs. If Korlym revenue declines, we may need to raise funds to support our plans. We may also choose to raise funds for strategic reasons. We cannot be certain funding will be available on acceptable terms or at all.  In any event, equity financing would cause dilution and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants. If we obtain funds through collaborations with other companies, we may have to relinquish rights to Korlym or our product candidates. If adequate funds are not available, we may have to delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate one or more of our development programs or even discontinue operations.
If we acquire products or product candidates, we will incur significant costs and may not realize the benefits we anticipate.
We may choose to acquire a product or product candidate that complements our plans.  Acquiring such an asset may result in unforeseen difficulties and expenditures and may absorb significant management attention. We may not realize the anticipated benefits of any acquisition, which could dilute our stockholders’ ownership interest or cause us to incur significant expenses and debt.
Risks Relating to Our Intellectual Property
To succeed, we must secure and maintain adequate patent protection for the composition and methods of use of our proprietary, selective cortisol modulators and for the use of Korlym to treat Cushing’s syndrome and other disorders.
Patents in the pharmaceutical industry are uncertain, involve complex legal and factual questions and are the subject of costly litigation. If we do not protect our intellectual property, competitors may erode our competitive advantage. The patents issued or licensed to us may be challenged at any time. Similarly, competitors and others may take actions we believe infringe our intellectual property, causing us to take legal action to defend our rights. Litigating with respect to patents and other forms of intellectual property is costly and time-consuming and the outcomes are uncertain.
We are currently litigating patents covering the use of Korlym in two proceedings. In March 2018, in response to Teva’s ANDA submission, we filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Teva for infringement of patents covering the use of Korlym. Prosecuting this lawsuit is costly and requires a great deal of management’s time. Its outcome is uncertain. Please see "Part II, Item 1, Legal Proceedings." In August 2018, Neptune submitted a petition for IPR before the PTAB of U.S. Patent No. 8,921,348 (the “’348 patent”). The PTAB granted institution to the IPR and an oral argument is set for November 14, 2019. If we do not prevail in the IPR proceedings, the PTAB could invalidate the ’348 patent or one or more of its claims.

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PTAB final judgments are appealable to the Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit. The outcome of such an appeal would be uncertain.
Our patent applications may not result in issued patents. Any patent issued to us may be challenged, invalidated, held unenforceable or circumvented. Our patent claims may not prevent third parties from producing competing products. The foreign countries in which we may someday operate may not protect our intellectual property to the extent the laws of the United States do. If we fail to obtain adequate patent protection in other countries, others may produce competing products in those countries based on our technology.
Third parties may allege that our patents infringe their rights. Defending against such allegations may result in costly litigation and may require us to obtain a license or bar us from commercializing our product candidates or Korlym for a new indication.
Our commercialization of Korlym and the development and potential commercialization of our selective cortisol modulators may give rise to claims that our patents or the patents we have licensed infringe the rights of others, which may require us to engage in costly, time-consuming and possibly unsuccessful litigation. If it is determined that Korlym or one or more of our product candidates infringe others’ patent rights, we may have to obtain licenses to those rights. If we fail to obtain such licenses, we may have to delay or suspend commercial activity while we attempt to design around the infringed patent. If our efforts fail, we may be unable to commercialize the infringing product or product candidate. We do not have liability insurance for patent infringement.
We do not believe that we infringe any patents or other proprietary rights. We are not obligated to pay royalties relating to the use of intellectual property except to the University of Chicago. To maintain our licenses, we must make milestone and royalty payments. If we do not comply with our payment and other obligations, we may lose the right to commercialize cortisol modulators, including mifepristone, for the treatment of TNBC and CRPC.
Our ability to compete could be diminished if we are unable to protect our trade secrets and proprietary information.
In addition to patents, we rely on a combination of confidentiality, nondisclosure and other contractual provisions, laws protecting trade secrets and security measures to protect our proprietary information. These measures may not provide adequate protection, in which case competitors could exploit our proprietary information to our disadvantage. If employees, consultants or anyone else breaches their agreements with us regarding our proprietary information, we may not have adequate remedies for the breach.
The mifepristone patents we own or license cover the use of mifepristone, not its composition, which may make it harder to prevent patent infringement.
We own or have exclusively licensed issued U.S. patents covering the use of cortisol modulators to treat a variety of disorders. A method of use patent covers only a particular use of a compound, not its composition. Because our patents do not cover the composition of mifepristone, we cannot prevent others from commercializing mifepristone to treat disorders not covered by our method of use patents. The availability of mifepristone for these disorders may enable patients to obtain mifepristone from other companies for indications covered by our patents. Although such “off-label” use would violate our patents, effectively monitoring compliance and enforcing our rights may be difficult and costly. Mifepristone is sold in the United States by Danco Laboratories for the termination of pregnancy. We cannot be certain that patients with Cushing’s syndrome will not be able to obtain mifepristone from this or other sources, should another company receive approval to market mifepristone for another indication.
Risks Related to Our Stock
The price of our common stock fluctuates widely and is likely to continue to do so. Opportunities for the sale of shares at any particular time may be limited.
We cannot assure you that an active trading market for our common stock will exist at any particular time. As a result, holders of our common stock may not be able to sell shares quickly or at the current market price. During the 52-week period ended May 1, 2019, our average daily trading volume was approximately 1,335,574 shares and the intra-day sales prices per share of our common stock on The Nasdaq Capital Market ranged from $9.14 to $20.00. As of May 1, 2019, our officers, directors and principal stockholders beneficially owned approximately 16 percent of our common stock.
Our stock price can experience extreme price and volume fluctuations that are unrelated or disproportionate to our operating performance or prospects. Securities class action lawsuits are often instituted against companies following periods of stock market volatility. Such litigation is costly and diverts management’s attention from productive efforts.

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The price of our common stock can fluctuate rapidly and widely in response to a variety of factors, including:
actual or anticipated variations in our operating results or changes to any public guidance we have provided;
actual or anticipated timing and results of our clinical trials;
changes in the expected or actual timing of our competitors’ potential development programs, including the announcement of ANDA filings seeking approval to market generic versions of Korlym and developments in ANDA litigation;
disputes or other developments relating to proprietary rights, including patents, litigation matters and our ability to obtain patent protection for our technologies;
Short selling of our common stock, the publication of speculative opinions about our business or other market manipulation activities by third parties that are intended to lower our stock price or increase its volatility;
changes in estimates or recommendations by securities analysts or the failure of our performance to meet the published expectations of those analysts or any public guidance we have provided;
actual or anticipated regulatory approvals of our product candidates or of competing products;
purchases or sales of our common stock by our officers, directors or stockholders;
purchases of our common stock pursuant to our Stock Repurchase Program or changes to that program;
changes in laws or regulations applicable to our product candidates or our competitors’ products;
announcements of technological innovations by us, our collaborators or our competitors;
trading volume of our common stock;
conditions or trends in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, including the market valuations of companies similar to Corcept;
general market and economic conditions;
additions or departures of key personnel;
announcements by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, collaborations or capital commitments;
our cash and short-term investment position; and
additional financing activities.
Our stock price may decline if our financial performance does not meet the guidance that we provided to the public, estimates published by research analysts or other investor expectations.
The guidance we provide as to our expected 2019 revenue is only an estimate of what we believe is realizable at the time we give such guidance. Our actual results may vary materially. It is difficult to predict the amount of Korlym that we will sell. For example, the rate of physician adoption of Korlym and the actions of government and private payors is uncertain. We may not meet our financial guidance or other investor expectations for other reasons, including those arising from the risks and uncertainties described in this report and in our other public filings and public statements.  Research analysts have published revenue estimates based on their own analyses. The guidance we provide may be one factor they consider when determining their estimates.
Research analysts may not continue to provide or initiate coverage of our common stock or may issue negative reports.
The market for our common stock may be affected by the reports financial analysts publish about us. If any of the analysts covering us downgrades or discontinues coverage of our stock, the price of our common stock could decline rapidly and significantly. Paucity of research coverage may also adversely affect our stock price.
Acquisition of Corcept shares through our stock repurchase program will reduce our cash reserves and could fail to improve results of operations.

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In August 2018, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $100 million of our common stock pursuant to the Stock Repurchase Program. Unless it is terminated or suspended prior to its expiration, the Stock Repurchase Program will remain in effect until June 30, 2019. The Stock Repurchase Program does not require us to acquire any specific number of shares and it may be modified, suspended or discontinued at any time without notice. Any change to the Stock Repurchase Program could cause our stock price to decline. If we repurchase shares of our common stock, it is because we believe our shares are trading at an attractive price relative to other uses of our capital. It is possible that other uses of our capital would have been more advantageous or that our future capital requirements increase unexpectedly. Our repurchases of common stock could fail to improve our results of operations or hamper our ability to execute our plans, meet financial obligations, access financing or raise additional capital.
Sale of a substantial number of shares of our common stock may cause its price to decline.
Sales of a substantial number of shares of our stock in the public market could reduce its price. As additional shares of our stock become available for public resale, whether by the exercise of stock options by employees or directors or because of an equity financing by us, the supply of our stock will increase, which could cause its price to fall. Substantially all of the shares of our stock are eligible for sale, subject to applicable volume and other resale restrictions.
Our officers, directors and principal stockholders, acting as a group, could significantly influence corporate actions.
As of May 1, 2019, our officers and directors beneficially owned approximately 16 percent of our common stock. Acting together, these stockholders could significantly influence any matter requiring approval by our stockholders, including the election of directors and the approval of mergers or other business combinations. The interests of this group may not always coincide with our interests or the interests of other stockholders and may prevent or delay a change in control. This significant concentration of share ownership may adversely affect the trading price of our common stock because many investors perceive disadvantages to owning stock in companies with controlling stockholders.
Changes in laws and regulations may significantly increase our costs, which could harm our financial results.
New laws and regulations, as well as changes to existing laws and regulations, including statutes and regulations concerning the development, approval, and marketing of medications, the provisions of the PPACA requiring the reporting of aggregate spending related to health care professionals, the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and rules adopted by the SEC and by The Nasdaq Capital Market have and will likely continue to increase our cost of doing business. Complying with these regulations may increase our expenses and divert management’s time and attention from revenue-generating activities.
We may fail to comply with our public company obligations, including securities laws and regulations. Such compliance is costly and requires significant management attention.
The federal securities laws and regulations, including the corporate governance and other requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, impose complex and continually changing regulatory requirements on our operations and reporting. These developing requirements will continue to increase our compliance costs. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires that we evaluate the effectiveness of, and provide a management report with respect to, our internal controls over financial reporting. It also requires that the independent registered public accounting firm auditing our consolidated financial statements must attest to and report on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting.  If we are unable to complete the required assessment and report or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to issue an unqualified opinion as to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, investors could lose confidence in our financial reporting and our stock price would likely decline.
Anti-takeover provisions in our charter and bylaws and under Delaware law may make an acquisition of us or a change in our management more expensive or difficult, even if an acquisition or a management change would be beneficial to our stockholders.
Provisions in our charter and bylaws may delay or prevent an acquisition of us or a change in our management. Some of these provisions allow us to issue preferred stock without any vote or further action by the stockholders, require advance notification of stockholder proposals and nominations of candidates for election as directors and prohibit stockholders from acting by written consent. In addition, a supermajority vote of stockholders is required to amend our bylaws. Our bylaws provide that special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by our Chairman, President or the Board of Directors and that the authorized number of directors may be changed only by resolution of the Board of Directors. These provisions may prevent or delay a change in our Board of Directors or our management, which our Board of Directors appoints. In addition, because we are incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Section 203 may prohibit large stockholders, in particular those owning 15 percent or more of our outstanding voting stock, from merging or combining with us.  These provisions in our charter and bylaws and under Delaware law could reduce the price that investors would be willing to pay for shares of our common stock and result in our stock price being lower than it would otherwise be.

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ITEM 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
There were no unregistered sales of equity securities during the period covered by this report.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table contains information relating to the repurchases of our common stock made by us during the three months ended March 31, 2019 (in thousands, except per share data):
 
Fiscal Period
 
Total Number of Shares Purchased As
Part of a Publicly Announced Program (1)
 
Average Price Paid Per Share
 
Approximate Dollar Amount of Shares
 That May Yet be Purchased Under the Program (2)
January 1, 2019 to January 31, 2019
 

 
$

 
$

February 1, 2019 to February 28, 2019
 
438

 
10.49

 
71,752

March 1, 2019 to March 31, 2019
 
730

 
12.27

 
62,789

Total
 
1,168

 
$
11.61

 
$
62,789

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(1) No shares were purchased other than as part of a publicly announced program.
(2) On August 9, 2018, our board of directors authorized the repurchase of issued and outstanding shares of our common stock having an aggregate value of up to $100 million pursuant to the Stock Repurchase Program. Unless it is terminated or suspended prior to its expiration, the Stock Repurchase Program will remain in effect until June 30, 2019.

ITEM 3.  DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
Not applicable.

ITEM 4.  MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION
None.


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ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description of Document
3.1
 
3.2
 
10.1†
 
10.2†
 
31.1
 
31.2
 
32.1
 
32.2
 
101
 
The following materials from the registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, (ii) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, (iii) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, (iv) Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholder's Equity and (v) Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
 
 
† Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.


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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED
 
 
Date: May 9, 2019
/s/ Joseph K. Belanoff
 
Joseph K. Belanoff, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
Date: May 9, 2019
/s/ G. Charles Robb
 
G. Charles Robb
 
Chief Financial Officer


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Exhibit 10.1

SEVERANCE AND CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT
THIS SEVERANCE AND CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) dated as of March 18, 2019 (the “ Effective Date ”) is entered into by and between Andreas Grauer, M.D., Chief Medical Officer (“ CMO ”) and Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, CMO is a senior executive of the Company and is expected to continue to make major contributions to the short and long term profitability, growth and financial strength of the Company;
WHEREAS, the Company recognizes that, as is the case for most publicly held companies, the possibility of a Change in Control (as defined below) exists;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to assure itself of both present and future continuity of management;
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to ensure that CMO is not practically disabled from discharging his duties in respect of a proposed or actual transaction involving a Change in Control; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide additional inducement for CMO to continue to remain in the employ of the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, in exchange for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and CMO agree as follows:
1. Certain Defined Terms . In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms have the following meanings when used in this Agreement with initial capital letters:
(a) “ Board ” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) “ Cause ” shall mean (i) CMO’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of his duties to the Company where such gross negligence or willful misconduct has resulted or is likely to result in material damage to the Company or its subsidiaries; (ii) CMO’s willful and habitual neglect of his or her duties of consulting or employment; (iii) CMO’s commission of any act of fraud with respect to the Company; (iv) CMO’s conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to felony criminal conduct or any crime involving moral turpitude; or (v) CMO’s violation of any noncompetition or confidentiality agreement that CMO has entered into with the Company.
(c) The term “ Change in Control ” shall mean: (i) the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company; (ii) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation or other entity or person, or any other corporate reorganization in which the Company’s stockholders immediately prior to such transaction do not hold more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the surviving or acquiring entity (or its parent) immediately following such transaction (taking into account only voting power resulting from stock held by such stockholders prior to such transaction); (iii) any transaction or series of related transactions to which the Company is a party in which in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s voting power outstanding before such transaction is transferred or (iv) a sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (including without limitation a license of all or substantially all of the Company’s intellectual property that is either exclusive or otherwise structured in a manner that constitutes a license of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company); provided that a Change in Control shall not include (A) a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, (B) a merger effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of the Company or (C) any transaction or series of related transactions principally for bona fide equity financing purposes.
(d) “ Good Reason ” shall mean any of the following events which CMO provides written notice to the Company of within 90 days of such event having occurred and which is not cured by the Company within 30 days after such written notice thereof is provided to the Company by CMO: (i) any reduction of CMO’s base salary or target annual bonus; (ii) any involuntary relocation of CMO’s principal workplace to a location more than 35 miles in any direction from CMO’s current principal workplace, (iii) a substantial and material adverse change, without CMO’s written consent, in CMO’s title, authority, responsibility or duties; or (iv) any material breach by the
Company of any provision of this Agreement or any other employment agreement, after written notice delivered to the Company of such breach and the Company’s failure to cure such breach; provided, however , in the context of a Change in Control, CMO shall not have Good Reason to resign in connection with a reorganization of the Company in which the executive would retain substantially similar title, authority, duties, base pay and bonus but might have greater or lesser reporting responsibilities. In order to constitute a termination of employment for Good Reason, CMO’s employment must be terminated no later than 180 days following the initial occurrence of any events set forth above.
2. Terminations Without Cause or for Good Reason . If CMO’s employment shall terminate involuntarily without Cause or for Good Reason, the Company shall provide CMO with severance payments and benefits pursuant to this Section 2.
(a) Terminations Not in Connection with a Change in Control . If CMO’s employment shall terminate involuntarily without Cause or for Good Reason, prior to a Change in Control or more than eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control, the Company shall provide CMO with the following severance payments and benefits in lieu of any severance benefits to which the CMO may otherwise be entitled to under any severance plan or program maintained by the Company:
(i) Severance Payments : Pay to CMO an amount equal to twelve (12) months then current base salary, payable in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Company’s customary payroll practices and procedures. The continuation of your base salary shall be paid beginning on the sixtieth (60th) day following the date of termination, all payments deferred pursuant to this sentence shall be paid in a lump sum to CMO and any remaining payments due under this paragraph shall be paid as otherwise provided herein.
(ii) Continued Benefits . If CMO elects to continue his health insurance coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (“ COBRA ”) following such termination, then the Company shall pay CMO’s monthly COBRA premium for continued health insurance coverage for CMO and CMO’s eligible dependents until the earlier of (i) twelve (12) months following the termination date, or (ii) the date upon which CMO and his eligible dependents become eligible for comparable coverage under a group health insurance plan maintained by subsequent employer.
(b) Terminations in Connection with a Change in Control . If CMO’s employment shall terminate involuntarily without Cause or for Good Reason, within eighteen (18) months following a Change in Control, the Company shall provide CMO with the following severance payments and benefits in lieu of any severance benefits to which the CMO may otherwise be entitled to under any severance plan or program maintained by the Company:
(i) Severance Payments : Pay to CMO an amount equal to twelve (12) months then current base salary, payable in a lump sum on the sixtieth (60th) day following the termination of employment.
(ii) Continued Benefits . If CMO elects to continue his health insurance coverage under COBRA following such termination, then the Company shall pay CMO’s monthly COBRA premium for continued health insurance coverage for CMO and CMO’s eligible dependents until the earlier of (i) twelve (12) months following the termination date, or (ii) the date upon which CMO and his eligible dependents become eligible for comparable coverage under a group health insurance plan maintained by subsequent employer.
(iii) Equity Awards . Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any equity award agreement or equity compensation plan, the Company shall cause all outstanding equity awards then held by CMO (including, without limitation, stock options, stock appreciation rights, phantom shares, restricted stock or similar awards) to become fully vested and, if applicable, exercisable with respect to all the shares subject thereto effective immediately prior to the date of termination. In all other respects, such awards will continue to be subject to the terms and conditions of the plans, if any, under which they were granted and any applicable agreements between the Company and CMO.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2, in the event that the Company, or its successor, requests CMO to continue to serve in the same position following a Change in Control for a six (6)-month (or shorter) transition period (“ Transition Period ”), CMO shall not have Good Reason to resign pursuant to Section 1(d)(iii) during such Transition Period regardless if CMO’s title, authority, responsibility or duties have been materially reduced; provided that during such Transition Period CMO continues to be paid the same salary and be provided with the same bonus opportunity, if any, as in effect immediately prior to such Change in Control and CMO’s principal workplace is not relocated more than 35 miles from its location immediately prior to such Change in Control. Following the Transition Period, CMO may resign for Good Reason pursuant to Section 1(d)(iii) and be entitled to the benefits set forth in Section 2(b).
3. Conditions to Receipt of Severance .
(a) Separation Agreement and Release of Claims . The receipt of any severance pursuant to Section 2 will be subject to CMO signing and not revoking a separation agreement and release of claims in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company within sixty (60) days following CMO’s termination of employment . No severance pursuant to Section 2 will be paid or provided until the separation agreement and release of claims becomes effective.
(b) Section 409A . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, amounts payable to CMO pursuant to Section 2 shall be made in reliance upon Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(b)(9) (Separation Pay Plans) or Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) (Short-Term Deferrals). For this purpose each installment or monthly payment to which CMO is entitled under Section 2 shall be considered a separate and distinct payment. In addition, (i) no amount deemed deferred compensation subject to Section 409A shall be payable pursuant to Section 2 unless the CMO’s termination of employment constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h) and (ii) if the CMO is deemed at the time of his separation from service to be a “specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then to the extent delayed commencement of any portion of the termination benefits to which CMO is entitled under this Agreement is required in order to avoid a prohibited distribution under Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, such portion of CMO’s termination benefits shall not be provided to CMO prior to the earlier of (A) the expiration of the six-month period measured from the date of the CMO’s “separation from service” with the Company (as such term is defined in the Treasury Regulations issued under Section 409A of the Code) or (B) the date of CMO’s death. Upon the earlier of such dates, all payments deferred pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall be paid in a lump sum to CMO, and any remaining payments due under the Agreement shall be paid as otherwise provided herein. The determination of whether CMO is a “specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code as of the time of his separation from service shall be made by the Company in accordance with the terms of Section 409A of the Code and applicable guidance thereunder (including without limitation Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(i) and any successor provision thereto). The reimbursement of any expense under this Agreement shall be made no later than December 31 of the year following the year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of expenses reimbursed in one year shall not affect the amount eligible for reimbursement in any subsequent year.
4. Successors and Binding Agreement .
(a) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise, including, without limitation, any successor due to a Change in Control) to the business or assets of the Company, by agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to CMO, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and any successor to the Company, including, without limitation, any persons directly or indirectly acquiring the business or assets of the Company in a transaction constituting a Change in Control (and such successor shall thereafter be deemed the “Company” for the purpose of this Agreement), but will not otherwise be assignable, transferable or delegable by the Company.
(b) This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by CMO’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees and legatees.
(c) This Agreement is personal in nature and neither of the parties hereto shall, without the consent of the other, assign, transfer or delegate this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder except as expressly provided in Sections 4(a) and 4(b). Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, CMO’s right to receive payments hereunder will not be assignable, transferable or delegable, whether by pledge, creation of a security interest, or otherwise, other than by a transfer by CMO’s will or by the laws of descent and distribution and, in the event of any attempted assignment or transfer contrary to this Section 4(c), the Company shall have no liability to pay any amount so attempted to be assigned, transferred or delegated.
5. Amendment or Termination of Agreement . This Agreement may be changed or terminated only upon the mutual written consent of the Company and CMO. The written consent of the Company to a change or termination of this Agreement must be signed by an executive officer of the Company after such change or termination has been approved by the Board.
6. Notices . For all purposes of this Agreement, all communications, including without limitation notices, consents, requests or approvals, required or permitted to be given hereunder will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when hand delivered or dispatched by electronic facsimile transmission (with receipt thereof orally confirmed), or five business days after having been mailed by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or three business days after having been sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service such as FedEx, UPS, or DHL, addressed to the Company (to the attention of the Secretary of the Company) at its principal executive office and to CMO at his principal residence, or to such other address as any party may have furnished to the other in writing and in accordance herewith, except that notices of changes of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
7. Validity . If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any provision hereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to any other person or circumstances will not be affected, and the provision so held to be invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal will be reformed to the extent (and only to the extent) necessary to make it enforceable, valid or legal.
8. Governing Law; Jurisdiction . The laws of the state of California shall govern the interpretation, validity and performance of the terms of this Agreement, regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of conflicts of law. Any suit, action or proceeding against CMO, with respect to this Agreement, or any judgment entered by any court in respect of any of such, may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in the State of California, and CMO hereby submits to the jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of any such suit, action, proceeding or judgment.
 
9. Miscellaneous . No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing signed by CMO and the Company. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto or compliance with any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party will be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior agreements of the parties with respect to such subject matter. No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, expressed or implied with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party which are not set forth expressly in this Agreement. References to Sections are to references to Sections of this Agreement.
10. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same agreement.
11. Interpretation . The parties acknowledge and agree that, to the extent applicable, this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with, and the parties agree to use their best efforts to achieve timely compliance with, Section 409A of the Code, and the Department of Treasury Regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including, without limitation, any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued after the Effective Date. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Company determines that any amounts payable hereunder would otherwise be taxable to CMO under Section 409A, the Company may adopt such limited amendments to this Agreement and appropriate policies and procedures, including amendments and policies with retroactive effect, that the Company reasonably determines are necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and thereby avoid the application of taxes under such Section.
[signature page follows]
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
 
 
CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INCORPORATED
 
/s/ Charlie Robb
Charlie Robb, Chief Financial Officer
 
/s/ Andrea Grauer
Andreas Grauer, M.D., Chief Medical Officer


Exhibit 10.2
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Andreas Grauer, M.D.
Email: XXXXX
Mobile: XXXXX
Re:    Offer of Employment at Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated
Dear Andreas:
We are very pleased to invite you to join Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (the “Company”) in the role of Chief Medical Officer, contingent upon the satisfactory completion of a background check.
Duties and Responsibilities . Your initial assignment will be as Chief Medical Officer reporting to Joseph K. Belanoff, M.D., our Chief Executive Officer. This offer is for a full-time position with a start date of March 18, 2019.
Salary . Your initial annual base salary will be $457,600 for full-time employment, payable in accordance with the Company’s customary payroll practice. Salary is subject to periodic review and adjustment by the Company’s management.
Bonus . You will be eligible for an at-risk, target bonus of 45% of your base salary, payable in accordance with the Company’s customary payroll practices.
Stock Options . The executive management of the Company will recommend that the Board of Directors grant you a stock option to purchase 425,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock under the terms of the Company’s 2012 Incentive Award Plan. We will endeavor to have our Board of Directors approve the grant of the award with the following terms: The exercise price for this option will be equal to the closing price of the Company’s stock on the day you begin working at Corcept, if that day is also the first business day of the month. If your first day at Corcept does not fall on the first business day of the month, the exercise price will be equal to closing price of Corcept’s stock on the first business day of the following month.
Following your formal written acceptance of the stock option award, the option will vest according to the following schedule: 25% of the option shares after one year of continuous full-time employment; and an additional 1/48th of the option shares each succeeding month of full-time employment during the term of the option.
If at any time in the future your employment status changes from full-time to part-time, there may be a proportionate reduction of the option shares that have not yet vested at the time of such change in status.

149 Commonwealth Drive. Menlo Park, CA 94025 .Tel 650.327.3270 .Fax 650.327.3218
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Relocation . To assist you with the expenses associated with your relocation Corcept will provide the following assistance:
1-      Reimbursement for the packing and shipping of household goods. This will cover only the shipment of reasonable and customary items, not to exceed the average of three bids.
2-      Up to six months of temporary housing
3-      Reimbursement of up to $10,000 for approved miscellaneous relocation expenses
*Note that the IRS will treat some of these benefits, including the cost of temporary housing, as taxable income
Medical, Dental and Insurance Benefits . You will be eligible to receive the Company’s standard employee benefits package. Enclosed is a summary sheet outlining the Company’s current benefit plans. For more specific information regarding our current benefit plans please contact Michael Christensen, Director Human Resources by calling him at XXXXX.
Vacation and Holidays . You will be entitled to take all paid holidays under the Company’s then-current schedule. In addition, it is expected that you will take an appropriate amount of paid vacation, commensurate with your seniority and your job responsibilities.
Location . As a general rule, you will work at the Company’s principal offices in Menlo Park. Your position may also require travel to other locations as may be necessary to fulfill your responsibilities. The Company will reimburse your reasonable and necessary travel expenses under its standard travel reimbursement policy.
Confidential Information; Employee Confidential Information and Inventions Agreement . To enable the Company to safeguard its proprietary and confidential information, it is a condition of employment that you agree to sign the Company’s standard form of “Employee Confidential Information and Inventions Agreement.” A copy of this agreement is enclosed. Please review, sign and return pages 6 (and page 8 if applicable) along with this signed offer letter . We understand that you may have signed similar agreements with prior employers and wish to impress upon you that Corcept does not want to receive the confidential or proprietary information of others. We will support you in respecting your lawful obligations to prior employers. If you have any questions about this, do not hesitate to ask.
At-Will Employment . While we look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship, should you decide to accept our offer you will be an “at-will” employee of the Company.

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This means that either you or the Company may terminate the employment relationship with or without cause at any time. Participation in any stock option, benefit or incentive program does not assure continuing employment for any particular period of time.
Severance Agreement . Pursuant to a separate agreement, you will receive customary payments and other benefits in the event of your voluntary or involuntary termination.
Complete Offer and Agreement . This letter contains our complete understanding of the terms of your employment by the Company. We have with you no other, different or prior agreements or understandings on this or related subjects. Changes to the terms of your employment can be made only in a writing signed by you and an authorized executive of the Company.
Start Date; Acceptance of Offer . We hope that you will accept this offer promptly and begin your full-time employment with Corcept Therapeutics at a date mutually agreed upon. If our offer is acceptable to you, please sign this letter in the space indicated below and return to Michael Christensen, Director, Human Resources at XXXXX acknowledging the same. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me.
As you know, we are excited to have you join the Corcept team. I look forward to your early acceptance of this offer, and to your contributions to the growth and success of Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated.
Very truly yours,


/s/    Charlie Robb        
Charlie Robb
Chief Financial Officer
I accept the offer of employment by Corcept Therapeutics on the terms described in this letter.
Signature: /s/    Andreas Grauer    
Date: March 8, 2019

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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Joseph K. Belanoff, M.D., certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2019 of Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:

(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
/s/ Joseph K. Belanoff
Joseph K. Belanoff, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer and President
May 9, 2019




Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, G. Charles Robb, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2019 of Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:

(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
/s/ G. Charles Robb
G. Charles Robb
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
May 9, 2019




Exhibit 32.1
Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2019 , as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Joseph K. Belanoff, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
/s/ Joseph K. Belanoff
Joseph K. Belanoff, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer and President
May 9, 2019
 
This certification is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.





Exhibit 32.2
Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2019 , as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, G. Charles Robb, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
/s/ G. Charles Robb
G. Charles Robb
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
May 9, 2019
 
This certification is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.