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    <periodOfReport>2009-10-16</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CORT</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>SUTTER HILL VENTURES</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>755 PAGE MILL ROAD, SUITE A-200</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PALO ALTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94304-1005</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>BAKER G LEONARD JR</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>755 PAGE MILL ROAD, SUITE A-200</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>PALO ALTO</rptOwnerCity>
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>94304-1005</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0000903510</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ANDERSON DAVID L</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>755 PAGE MILL ROAD, SUITE A-200</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PALO ALTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>YOUNGER WILLIAM H JR</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>755 PAGE MILL ROAD, SUITE A-200</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>PALO ALTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94304-1005</rptOwnerZipCode>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerName>COXE TENCH</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>755 PAGE MILL ROAD, SUITE A-200</rptOwnerStreet1>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>SANDS GREGORY P</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>755 PAGE MILL ROAD, SUITE A-200</rptOwnerStreet1>
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    <reportingOwner>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001339801</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SWEET DAVID E</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>755 PAGE MILL ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001207703</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SHEEHAN ANDREW T</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>755 PAGE MILL ROAD, SUITE A-200</rptOwnerStreet1>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001433644</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Speiser Michael L</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>755 PAGE MILL ROAD, SUITE A-200</rptOwnerStreet1>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-10-16</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock Warrant</value>
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            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>1.66</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-10-16</value>
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                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2009-10-16</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2012-10-16</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>307553</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Acquired from the issuer pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 12, 2009, with a closing date of October 16, 2009.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Purchase price per unit. Each unit consists of 1 common share and a warrant to purchase 0.35 of a share of common stock at an exercise price of $1.66 per share.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Multiple Forms submitted.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Robert Yin, by power of attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>G. Leonard Baker, Jr.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>David L. Anderson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>William H. Younger, Jr.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Tench Coxe</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Gregory P. Sands</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>James C. Gaither</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>David E. Sweet</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Andrew T. Sheehan</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Michael L. Speiser</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
