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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * MARDUEL ALIX   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 __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3700 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/17/2007 (Street) SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 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 08/17/2007   (1) P   952,381 (2) A $ 2.1 4,150,655 (2) (3) I See footnotes (2) (3)

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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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MARDUEL ALIX ONE EMBARCADERO CENTER SUITE 3700 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111	X	X

Signatures

Alix Marduel, Director		08/20/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

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**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	N/A
(2)	Alta Partners II, Inc. ("APII") provides investment advisory services to several venture capital funds including Alta BioPharma Partners II, L.P. ("ABPII") & Alta Embarcadero BioPharma Partners II, LLC ("AEBPII"). On 8/17/07, ABPII purchased 918,589 shares ("sh") of Common Stock ("Cm") & AEBPII purchased 33,792 sh Cm from the Company in conjunction with the Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated 8/17/07. As a result of this purchase, ABPII benefically owns 3,997,378 sh Cm & AEBPII beneficially owns 153,277 sh Cm. The managing directors ("md") of ABPII & managers of AEBPII exercise sole voting & investment power with respect to the sh owned by such funds. They disclaim beneficial ownership of all such sh held by the foregoing funds, except to the extent of their proportionate pecuniary interests therein.
(3)	Alix Marduel, Director, is a managing director ("md") of Alta BioPharma Management II, LLC ("ABPMII")(which is the general partner of ABPII) and a manager of AEBPII. As a md of ABPMII (which is the general partner of ABPII) & a manager of AEBPII, she may be deemed to share voting & investment powers for the sh held by the funds. She disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares held by the foregoing funds, except to the extent of her proportionate pecuniary interests therein.
Remarks: Cross-reference with Form 3 dated 8/17/2007 filed on behalf of Alta BioPharma Management II, LLC on 8/20/2007.

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