Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (CORT)

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Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated

149 Commonwealth Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
United States
650 327 3270
https://www.corcept.com

Sector(s): Healthcare
Industry: Biotechnology
Full-time employees: 352

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Dr. Joseph K. Belanoff M.D.	Co-Founder, President, CEO & Director	2.43M	N/A	1957
Mr. Atabak Mokari	CFO & Treasurer	863.03k	N/A	1977
Mr. Gary Charles Robb	Chief Business Officer & Secretary	1.08M	3.01M	1963
Mr. Joseph Douglas Lyon	Chief Accounting & Technology Officer	N/A	N/A	1978
Ms. Monica Tellado	President of Emerging Markets	N/A	N/A	1973
Mr. Roberto W. Vieira	President of Oncology	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2023, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated engages in discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of severe endocrinologic, oncologic, metabolic, and neurologic disorders in the United States. It offers Korlym tablets medication for the treatment of hyperglycemia secondary to hypercortisolism in adult patients with endogenous cushing's syndrome; and who have type 2 diabetes mellitus or glucose intolerance and have failed surgery or are not candidates for surgery. The company is also developing relacorilant, which is in phase III clinical trial for the treatment of cushing's syndrome; treatment for adrenal cancer and cortisol excess which is in phase 1b clinical trial; treatment for prostate cancer which is in phase II clinical trial; and nab-paclitaxel in combination with relacorilant, which is in phase III clinical trial to treat platinum-resistant ovarian tumors. In addition, it develops dazucorilant, which is in phase II clinical trial for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; miricorilant, which is in phase IIb trial for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; and treatment for antipsychotic induced weight gain that is in phase I trial. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Corporate governance

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 April 2024 is 6. The pillar scores are Audit: 5; Board: 4; Shareholder rights: 6; Compensation: 8.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.