Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
MAHONEY DAVID L
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INC [CORT] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS, 149 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/11/2008
(Street)

MENLO PARK, CA 94025		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 11/11/2008   A   6,988 (1) A $ 1.45 643,535 I By Trust

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 5               (2) 07/20/2014 Common Stock 60,000   60,000 D  
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 4.95               (3) 03/02/2016 Common Stock 10,000   10,000 D  
Stock option (right to buy) $ 2.7               (4) 12/19/2017 Common Stock 30,000   30,000 D  
Warrants $ 2.77             03/25/2008 03/24/2015 Common Stock 35,304   35,304 I By trust
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 2.23               (5) 06/10/2018 Common Stock 30,000   30,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
MAHONEY DAVID L
C/O CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS
149 COMMONWEALTH DRIVE
MENLO PARK, CA 94025		   X      

Signatures

 /s/ Joseph K. Belanoff, CEO of Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated attorney-in-fact   11/13/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Acquired from the issuer pursuant to the Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement dated November 11, 2008 in full satisfaction of cash liquidated damages owed under the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 14, 2008. The shares of common stock were valued at $1.45 per share, the closing market price of the common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market on November 11, 2008.
(2) Immediately exercisable subject to a right of repurchase by Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated that shall lapse at the rate of 20% of the total option shares on 7/20/2005 and an additional 1.67% of the total option shares on each monthly anniverary of 7/20/2005.
(3) Exercisable with respect to 25% of the total number of Option Shares one year after 3/2/2006 and with respect to an additional 2.0834% of the total number of Option Shares on the monthly anniversary of 3/2/2006 each month thereafter.
(4) Exercisable with respect to 8.3334% of the total optionsshares on each monthly anniversary of June 11, 2007 so that the entirety of the option grant will vest in one year.
(5) Exercisable with respect to 8.3334% of the total option shares on each monthly anniversary of June 10, 2008 so that the entirety of the option grant will vest within one year.

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