Corcept Therapeutics Inc. Commences Public Offering of Common Stock

MENLO PARK, CA--(Marketwire - July 02, 2012) - Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated ("Corcept") (NASDAQ: CORT), a pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of severe metabolic and psychiatric disorders, today announced that it is offering to issue and sell 11,000,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC is acting as sole book-running manager and underwriter in the offering. The last reported sale price of its common stock on June 29, 2012 was $4.49 per share. Corcept also intends to grant the underwriter a 30 day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the shares of common stock offered in the public offering.

Corcept intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund research and development activities, including clinical trials, and working capital and for general corporate purposes.

The shares will be issued pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 previously filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, copies of which may be obtained by sending a request to: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, or by telephone at (800) 221-1037, or by e-mail at newyork.prospectus@credit-suisse.com.

This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of Corcept, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated

Corcept is a pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of severe metabolic and psychiatric disorders. Korlym™ (mifepristone) 300 mg Tablets, a first generation GR-II antagonist, is the company's first FDA-approved medication. The company has a portfolio of new selective GR-II antagonists that block the effects of cortisol but not progesterone. It owns extensive intellectual property covering the use of GR-II antagonists, including mifepristone, in the treatment of a wide variety of metabolic and psychiatric disorders. It also holds composition of matter patents for its selective GR-II antagonists.


CONTACT:
Charles Robb
Chief Financial Officer
Corcept Therapeutics
650-688-8783
Email Contact
www.corcept.com

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