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Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated(CORT)

Description: Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated, a pharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of severe metabolic and psychiatric disorders in the United States. The company focuses on disorders that are associated with a steroid hormone called cortisol. It offers Korlym (mifepristone) tablets as a once-daily oral medication for the 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. The company is also involved in an on-going Phase III study of mifepristone, the active ingredient in Korlym, for treatment of the psychotic features of psychotic depression. In addition, it discovers and develops three series of novel selective GR-II antagonists. The company has research and development agreements with Argenta Discovery Limited; Sygnature Discovery Limited; ICON Clinical Research, L.P.; and MedAvante, Inc. as well as has a patent license from Stanford University for developing mifepristone. Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.


Keywords: Pharmaceutical Diabetes Surgery Organ Systems Disorders Clinical Research Depression Glucose Endocrine System Hormones Diabetes Mellitus Psychiatric Disorders Cushing's Syndrome Hyperglycemia Antiprogestogens Cortisol Endogenous Cushing's Syndrome

Home Page: www.corcept.com

CORT Technical Analysis

149 Commonwealth Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
United States
Phone: 650 327 3270


Officers

Name Title
Dr. Joseph K. Belanoff M.D. Co-Founder, Pres, CEO & Director
Mr. Atabak Mokari CFO & Treasurer
Dr. Hazel Hunt Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer
Mr. Sean Maduck Pres of Corcept Endocrinology
Mr. Gary Charles Robb Chief Bus. Officer & Sec.
Mr. Joseph Douglas Lyon Chief Accounting Officer
Ms. Amy Flood Chief HR & Communications Officer
Dr. William Guyer Pharm.D. Chief Devel. Officer

Exchange: NASDAQ

Country: US : United States of America

Currency: US Dollar ($)

Forward PE: 19.4553
Trailing PE: 20.9388
Price-to-Book MRQ: 4.8621
Price-to-Sales TTM: 5.4634
IPO Date: 2004-04-14
Fiscal Year End: December
Full Time Employees: 238
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