MENLO PARK, CA--(Marketwired - May 4, 2017) - Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (NASDAQ: CORT), a pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs that treat severe metabolic, oncologic and psychiatric disorders by modulating the effects of cortisol, today announced that presentations about hypercortisolism and mifepristone's role in treating that disorder will be presented at the 26^th Annual Congress of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) being held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas.

"There is growing awareness that even less severe degrees of hypercortisolism are harmful," said Joseph K. Belanoff, M.D., Corcept's Chief Executive Officer. "As a result, physicians are increasingly screening patients whose metabolic and cardiovascular symptoms have not responded to conventional therapy and finding cases of previously undetected Cushing's syndrome." 

In addition to viewing the posters described below, AACE attendees may attend "Evolving Paradigms of Hypercortisolism," a product theater talk by Ty Carroll, M.D. Corcept is a sponsor of the talk.

Thursday, May 4, 2017
Poster #124 Screening of Diabetic Patients Using U500 Insulin Uncovers a High Percentage of Undiagnosed Hypercortisolism Consistent with Cushing Syndrome	Joseph W. Mathews, M.D., FACE James J. Smith, PhD
Friday, May 5, 2017, 12:45 - 1:30pm  Product Theater B
Evolving Paradigms of Hypercortisolism	Ty Carroll, M.D.
Friday, May 5, 2017
Poster #131 Medical Management of Mild Hypercortisolism and Primary Aldosteronism in a Patient with ACTH-Independent Macronodular Hyperplasia Presenting with Resistant Hypertension	Sandi-Jo Galati, M.D. Michele Lamerson, RN, MS, CPNP
Poster #608 Improving Glycemic Control with Mifepristone in Cushing Syndrome Patients May Lead to Significant Weight-loss	Adriana G. Ioachimescu, M.D., PhD, FACE Jonathan G. Ownby, M.D., FACE Nicole G. Greyshock, M.D., FACE Thomas C. Jones, M.D., FACE Gary S. Wand, M.D., PhD, FACE James J. Smith, PhD
Poster #725 Successful Medical Management with Mifepristone in a Patient with Occult Ectopic Cushing Syndrome	Saima Farghani, M.D. Michele Lamerson, RN, MS, CPNP
Poster #836 Mifepristone Therapy Significantly Improved Insulin Resistance, Glycemic Control, and Weight Loss in a Patient with Cushing Disease Previously Treated with Pasireotide	Jonathan G. Ownby, M.D., FACE James J. Smith, PhD
Poster #839 Mifepristone Reduced U500 Insulin Usage in a Patient with Cushing Disease and Normalized Concomitant Fatty Liver Disease and Retinopathy	Kimberley A. Bourne, M.D., FACE James J. Smith, PhD

About Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated

Corcept is a pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs that treat severe metabolic, oncologic and psychiatric disorders by modulating the effects of cortisol. Korlym^®, a first-generation cortisol modulator, is the company's first FDA-approved medication. The company has a portfolio of proprietary compounds that modulate the effects of cortisol but not progesterone. Corcept owns extensive intellectual property covering the use of cortisol modulators, including mifepristone, in the treatment of a wide variety of serious disorders, including Cushing's syndrome. It also holds composition of matter patents covering its selective cortisol modulators.