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.
Pharmaceutical Organ Systems Surgery Disorders Endocrine System Diabetes Mellitus Hormones Depression Cushing's Syndrome Corcept Therapeutics Hyperglycemia Cortisol Endogenous Cushing's Syndrome