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CORT (2025 - Q2)

Release Date: Aug 01, 2025

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Current Financial Performance

Corcept Therapeutics Q2 2025 Highlights

$194.4 million
Revenue
$35.1 million
Net Income
$515 million
Cash & Investments

Period Comparison Analysis

Revenue

$194.4 million
Current
Previous:$163.8 million
18.7% YoY

Net Income

$35.1 million
Current
Previous:$35.5 million
1.1% YoY

Revenue

$194.4 million
Current
Previous:$157.2 million
23.7% QoQ

Net Income

$35.1 million
Current
Previous:$20.5 million
71.2% QoQ

Cash & Investments

$515 million
Current
Previous:$570.8 million
9.8% QoQ

Cash & Investments

$515 million
Current
Previous:$492.5 million
4.6% YoY

Financial Guidance & Outlook

2025 Revenue Guidance

$850M to $900M

Up from $640M-$670M in 2024

Relacorilant Peak Sales Potential

$3B to $5B

3-5 years horizon

Relacorilant PDUFA Date

Dec 30, 2025

Oncology NDA Submission

July 2025

Surprises

Revenue Beat

$194.4 million

Our revenue in the second quarter of 2025 was $194.4 million, compared to $163.8 million in the prior year period.

Tablet Shipments Increase

49% more tablets shipped

We shipped more tablets to patients than ever before, 49% more than the second quarter last year.

CATALYST Study Finding

1 in 4 patients with difficult to control diabetes have hypercortisolism

The study unequivocally shows that 1 in 4 patients with difficult to control diabetes have hypercortisolism and that treatment with a cortisol modulator dramatically improves many of their signs and symptoms.

ROSELLA Trial Progression-Free Survival Improvement

30%

30% reduction in risk

ROSELLA trial met its primary endpoint of improved progression-free survival. Patients treated with relacorilant plus nab-paclitaxel experienced a 30% reduction in the risk of disease progression compared to patients treated with nab-paclitaxel alone.

ROSELLA Trial Overall Survival Improvement

16 months median overall survival

Patients treated with relacorilant plus nab-paclitaxel had a median overall survival of 16 months compared to 11.5 months for those receiving nab-paclitaxel alone.

Dazucorilant ALS Survival Benefit

84% reduction in risk of death

One year after entering DAZALS, patients who received 300 milligrams of dazucorilant daily exhibited an 84% reduction in death risk compared to patients who only received placebo.

Impact Quotes

I've never been more confident in both our current and future commercial growth and most important, our potential to help many more patients.

Relacorilant's efficacy and safety will make it a new standard of care for hypercortisolism.

The ROSELLA trial met its primary endpoint of improved progression-free survival with a 30% reduction in risk of disease progression and improved overall survival.

We strongly believe our position is correct and that the Federal Circuit will agree, which would block Teva's generic until 2037.

The market is expanding due to CATALYST data; we now have days with more Korlym new patient prescriptions than we used to get in a month.

We are thinking much bigger than prostate cancer; our vision is to establish relacorilant as an agent capable of synergizing with many agents in multiple tumor types.

Cortisol modulation's vast potential to help many patients is just beginning to unfold. It is a very exciting time at Corcept.

We are bringing online a second pharmacy; you will see the financial impact of this addition in the fourth quarter.

Notable Topics Discussed

  • The CATALYST study confirms that 1 in 4 patients with difficult-to-control diabetes have hypercortisolism, significantly higher than previous estimates.
  • Published in Diabetes Care, the study supports broader screening and treatment of hypercortisolism.
  • Management emphasizes the potential for increased diagnosis and treatment driven by new data and physician education efforts.
  • Relacorilant's NDA is supported by robust Phase III and Phase II trials showing superior efficacy and safety over existing treatments.
  • PDUFA date set for December 30, with expectations of becoming a new standard of care.
  • Management highlights relacorilant's safety profile, including no hypokalemia, endometrial issues, or QT prolongation, positioning it as a safer alternative.
  • ROSELLA trial demonstrated that relacorilant combined with nab-paclitaxel improved progression-free and overall survival in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
  • Results presented at ASCO and published in The Lancet, generating strong physician enthusiasm.
  • Plans to expand into earlier-stage ovarian cancer, other gynecological cancers, prostate cancer, and combination with immunotherapy.
  • The patent case against Teva is in the appeals process, with a decision expected in 2-3 months.
  • A favorable ruling could delay Tevaโ€™s generic approval until patent expiration in 2037.
  • Management emphasizes that patent outcome does not impact the $3-5 billion peak sales forecast for relacorilant.
  • Current pharmacy capacity has increased but not enough to meet demand, causing a $15 million impact on Q2 results.
  • A second pharmacy is being onboarded, expected to contribute in Q4, with plans to consider further expansion based on demand.
  • Dazucorilant showed an 84% reduction in death risk in ALS patients, despite not meeting primary endpoint.
  • Miricorilant demonstrated rapid reduction in liver fat and improved liver health markers in NASH, with upcoming Phase IIb results.
  • Increased physician education, exemplified by a large Endo Society Conference session with 500 attendees, is driving demand.
  • The company aims to expand screening and diagnosis of hypercortisolism, fueling future growth.
  • Two new NDAs in hypercortisolism and platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, with promising study results.
  • Exploration of relacorilant in combination with androgen deprivation therapy and immunotherapies in various cancers.
  • A scheduled meeting with FDA in August to discuss the path forward for ALS, including potential approval based on current data or additional trials.
  • Management estimates a $3 billion to $5 billion peak sales opportunity within 3-5 years, with a belief that the market is much larger.
  • Relacorilant is expected to replace Korlym, capturing a significant share of the expanding market.

Key Insights:

  • 2025 revenue guidance was updated to a range of $850 million to $900 million due to ongoing pharmacy fulfillment challenges.
  • Discussions with FDA regarding dazucorilant for ALS are ongoing, with a meeting scheduled to determine the regulatory path forward.
  • Pharmacy capacity is expected to improve in the second half of the year with a second pharmacy coming online in Q4, which should positively impact financial results.
  • Relacorilant approval in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer is expected next year, with plans to expand into earlier stages and other solid tumors.
  • Relacorilant's PDUFA date for hypercortisolism is December 30, 2025, with expected approval and launch shortly thereafter.
  • The company anticipates relacorilant generating $3 billion to $5 billion in annual revenue in hypercortisolism within 3 to 5 years, with potential for even larger market penetration beyond that.
  • A second pharmacy is being onboarded to increase capacity and support growth, expected to contribute in Q4.
  • Dazucorilant showed an 84% reduction in risk of death in ALS patients at one year in the DAZALS Phase II trial despite not meeting the primary endpoint.
  • Miricorilant showed promising Phase Ib results in NASH, reducing liver fat and improving liver health markers, with Phase IIb MONARCH enrollment nearing completion.
  • Relacorilant's Phase III GRACE and GRADIENT trials demonstrated clinically meaningful improvements and a favorable safety profile in hypercortisolism.
  • Tablet shipments increased by 49% year-over-year, though pharmacy vendor capacity limited revenue realization.
  • The CATALYST study results published in Diabetes Care are driving increased screening and treatment of hypercortisolism.
  • The company expanded its sales force from 60 to 145 clinical specialists in 2024, targeting 175 by year-end to support physician education on hypercortisolism.
  • The company is advancing the BELLA trial to test relacorilant plus nab-paclitaxel with bevacizumab in ovarian cancer and exploring relacorilant in prostate cancer and immunotherapy combinations.
  • The endocrinology division added a record number of new prescribers and prescriptions for the sixth consecutive quarter.
  • The ROSELLA trial in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer showed a 30% reduction in disease progression risk and improved overall survival with relacorilant plus nab-paclitaxel.
  • Bill Guyer outlined the rapid enrollment and broad development plans for relacorilant in oncology, including multiple tumor types and combination therapies.
  • Charlie Robb discussed the ongoing patent litigation with Teva, expressing confidence in winning the appeal which would block generic competition until 2037.
  • Joe Belanoff highlighted the dawn of a new era at Corcept with multiple NDAs in progress and a broad medical platform based on cortisol modulation.
  • Joe emphasized relacorilant's superior efficacy and safety compared to Korlym and its potential to become the new standard of care.
  • Management acknowledged the pharmacy capacity issues as a learning experience and are actively addressing it with a second pharmacy and expanded distribution plans.
  • Management views the current time as exceptionally exciting with significant opportunities to help many patients across multiple serious diseases.
  • Roberto Vieira shared positive feedback from key opinion leaders and market research supporting relacorilant's potential market leadership in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.
  • Sean Maduck expressed strong confidence in current and future commercial growth, emphasizing the expanding market due to increased physician awareness and CATALYST data.
  • Discussions with FDA on regulatory path for dazucorilant in ALS are scheduled for August, with options including approval based on current data or a confirmatory trial.
  • Korlym authorized generic (AG) business transitioned to about two-thirds of total sales in Q2, with an average 30% discount to Korlym's list price.
  • No overlapping toxicities are expected when combining relacorilant with immunotherapies or chemotherapies.
  • Pharmacy fulfillment issues caused a $15 million impact in Q2; improvements expected in Q3 and Q4 with a second pharmacy onboarding.
  • Relacorilant is expected to replace Korlym over time; the $3 billion to $5 billion peak sales estimate primarily reflects relacorilant's future potential.
  • Relacorilant is positioned for flexible use across multiple lines of therapy in ovarian cancer, with strong physician interest due to efficacy and safety.
  • The BELLA trial enrollment is ahead of schedule with results expected about a year after enrollment completion at year-end 2025.
  • The market for hypercortisolism treatment is expanding rapidly due to increased physician awareness and CATALYST data, with new patient prescriptions accelerating.
  • The second pharmacy is expected to start contributing in Q4; further distributor expansion is under consideration based on demand.
  • Dazucorilant's survival benefit in ALS emerged early, reducing early deaths from complications like pneumonia.
  • Miricorilant was well tolerated in NASH patients without gastrointestinal side effects common in other treatments.
  • Patent litigation with Teva concerns infringement, with a Federal Circuit decision expected in 2 to 3 months.
  • Relacorilant showed no instances of drug-induced hypokalemia, endometrial hypertrophy, vaginal bleeding, adrenal insufficiency, or QT prolongation in trials.
  • ROSELLA trial results were published in The Lancet and presented at ASCO, showing significant survival benefits without added safety burden.
  • The CATALYST study showed 1 in 4 patients with difficult to control diabetes have hypercortisolism, with significant clinical improvements from cortisol modulation.
  • The company is actively developing proprietary selective cortisol modulators with distinctive clinical attributes.
  • Corcept views cortisol modulation as a versatile therapeutic platform with vast potential to address multiple serious diseases.
  • Enrollment speed in relacorilant trials indicates strong physician and patient interest.
  • Physician education efforts on hypercortisolism are being amplified with a growing sales force to increase screening and treatment rates.
  • Relacorilant's potential extends beyond hypercortisolism and ovarian cancer to prostate cancer, other solid tumors, and combination therapies including immunotherapy.
  • The company is exploring cortisol modulation in neurologic and hepatic diseases, with promising early clinical data.
  • The company is prepared to rapidly commercialize relacorilant upon approval in both endocrinology and oncology divisions.
Complete Transcript:
CORT:2025 - Q2
Operator:
Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Corcept Therapeutics Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the call over to Atabak Mokari, CFO. Please go ahead. Atabak M
Atabak Mokari:
Thank you. Hello, everyone. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us. Today, we issued a press release announcing our financial results for the second quarter and providing a corporate update. A copy is available at corcept.com. Our complete financial results will be available when we file our Form 10-Q with the SEC. Today's call is being recorded. A replay will be available at the Investors Past Events tab of our website. Statements during this call, other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements based on our plans and expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties, which might cause actual results to be materially different from those such statements expressed or implied. The risks and uncertainties that may affect our forward-looking statements are described in our annual report on Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, all of which are available at the SEC's website. Please refer to those documents for additional information. We disclaim any intention or duty to update forward-looking statements. Our revenue in the second quarter of 2025 was $194.4 million, compared to $163.8 million in the prior year period. We have modified our 2025 revenue guidance to $850 million to $900 million. Net income was $35.1 million compared to $35.5 million in the second quarter of last year. Our cash and investments at June 30 were $515 million. Balance reflects our acquisition of $115 million of our common stock in the second quarter, pursuant to our stock repurchase program, the net exercise of stock options by Corcept employees and the net vesting of restricted stock grants. I'll now turn the call over to Sean Maduck, President of our Endocrinology division. Sean?
Sean Maduck:
Thank you, Atabak. The endocrinology division had an excellent second quarter. For the sixth quarter in a row, we added a record number of new prescribers and new prescriptions, and there are a record number of patients on therapy. We shipped more tablets to patients than ever before, 49% more than the second quarter last year. Our financial results don't fully reflect the surge in demand. While our quarterly revenue growth was substantial, a $37 million increase over the first quarter, it should have been more. I discussed on the last call the insufficient capacity of our pharmacy vendor. Its capacity has increased in the second quarter but not as much as we expected and not enough to keep pace with our growth. Capacity will increase further in the second half of the year. We dispensed another record number of tablets in July with more increases to follow. We are also bringing online a second pharmacy. You will see the financial impact of this addition in the fourth quarter. Increased pharmacy capacity is important because I'm certain our growth is poised to accelerate. For many years, physicians only screened and treated the most physically obvious cases of hypercortisolism. In the last 15 years, many studies have been published supporting the identification and the treatment across a much broader spectrum of disease. The results of the CATALYST study confirm and build on these findings and will lead to much higher rates of screening and treatment of hypercortisolism. The study unequivocally shows that 1 in 4 patients with difficult to control diabetes have hypercortisolism and that treatment with a cortisol modulator dramatically improves many of their signs and symptoms. Even when all current medications including Ozempic and Mounjaro have not. The CATALYST results are now published in Diabetes Care, the field-leading journal. This crucial information is now being absorbed by the broader physician community. We have amplified our efforts to educate physicians about hypercortisolism and we will ramp those activities even further. For example, we have increased the size of our sales force substantially and we'll continue to grow that team. We currently have 145 clinical specialists, up from 60 at the beginning of 2024, and our plan is to have 175 in place before year- end. In the increasing context of a much better understanding of the prevalence of hypercortisolism, I'm eagerly anticipating relacorilant's approval. While Korlym is a great medication, relacorilant is even better. Relacorilant will be a terrific option for both prescribers and patients. I expect that almost all patients who are receiving Korlym will choose to transition to relacorilant and our growth will accelerate when it becomes available. I've never been more confident in both our current and future commercial growth and most important, our potential to help many more patients. I believe that in the next 3 to 5 years, relacorilant will generate $3 billion to $5 billion in annual revenue in hypercortisolism alone. I'll now turn the call over to Charlie Robb, our Chief Business Officer. Charlie?
Gary Charles Robb:
Thanks, Sean. At last, there is something to report regarding our patent litigation with Teva. Recall that in 2018, we sued Teva to keep it from marketing a generic version of Korlym in violation of our patents. Trial took place in September 2023. In December 2023, the District Court ruled against us. We appealed that decision to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and completed briefing in May 2024. A few weeks ago on July 7, the court heard oral argument in the case, the last step before issuing an opinion. The 3-judge panel was led by Chief Judge Kimberly Moore. In 2021, Judge Moore was a member of the panel that rejected Teva's challenge to the validity of one of the patents we asserted a trial and wrote the opinion in our favor. I don't mean to suggest that Judge Moore's favorable decision in 2021 means she is more likely to rule for us now. The issues now are different. Judge Moore's decision in 2021 concerned the validity of our patent. She found it valid. The current argument concerns infringement will Teva infringe our patent an entirely different question. My point is simply that Judge Moore is not new to this dispute. She understands our particular situation, not just the law in the abstract. For a party that believes, as we do, that the law and the facts are on its side, Judge Moore's patent expertise and depth of knowledge is a good thing. It is impossible to say when the Federal Circuit will issue its decision. Sometime in the next 2 to 3 months would be a reasonable guess. If we prevail in this case, Teva will lose FDA approval of its product until the expiration of our patents in 2037. As I've said before, we are eager to resolve this appeal. We strongly believe our position is correct and that the Federal Circuit will agree. I will now turn the call over to Dr. Joe Belanoff, our Chief Executive Officer. Joe?
Joseph K. Belanoff:
Thank you, Charlie, and thank you, everyone, for joining us this afternoon. After many important years building this point, the next era at Corcept is about to arrive. As we have always known, cortisol enters all organs of the body and modulating its effects has the potential to be useful in many diseases. We now have 2 new drug applications, NDAs in progress in hypercortisolism and platinum- resistant ovarian cancer. The results of the studies leading to these NDAs were published in major medical journals in the second quarter. We have also generated promising results in our ALS and liver disease programs. In short, we have established a new medical platform useful to many patients suffering from serious disorders. The results of our CATALYST trial, the largest and most rigorous trial ever conducted to assess the prevalence and treatment of hypercortisolism in patients with difficult to control type II diabetes will transform medicine. The prevalence phase of CATALYST demonstrated that 1 in 4 of these refractory patients has hypercortisolism, a far higher rate than was previously assumed. In April, these results were published in Diabetes Care, a leading peer-reviewed journal of the American Diabetes Association. Patients who enrolled in the treatment phase of CATALYST had uncontrolled diabetes despite receiving multiple glucose-lowering therapies, including the most potent GLP-1 agonists. Even so, in only 24 weeks, patients treated with Korlym experienced a 1.47% reduction in hemoglobin A1c compared to just 0.15% for those receiving placebo. The p-value of this result was less than 0.001. In addition, patients saw significant improvements in a range of additional endpoints, including reductions in body weight and waist circumference. Notably, patients CATALYST experienced these improvements even as they decreased or entirely discontinued their other glucose-lowering medications. The results were presented last month during a keynote session at the American Diabetes Association's 85th Scientific session with a simultaneous publication in diabetes care. CATALYST findings will substantially accelerate the screening and treatment of hypercortisolism. Leading diabetologists are advocating for their quick integration into treatment guidelines. Concurrent with the rapidly increasing physician awareness of hypercortisolism, relacorilant is approaching approval. Its PDUFA date in hypercortisolism is December 30. Relacorilant's NDA is supported by our pivotal Phase III GRACE trial as well as our GRADIENT long-term extension and Phase II trials. In these studies, patients treated with relacorilant experienced clinically meaningful improvements across all of the signs and symptoms of hypercortisolism including hypertension, hyperglycemia, weight, lean muscle mass, waist circumference, cognition, Cushing's quality of life score and other important clinical measures. These benefits were observed consistently and durably with improvements emerging early and continuing or deepening over time. Equally noteworthy are relacorilant safety characteristics. Relacorilant has been well tolerated in all of its studies. Importantly, no instances of drug-induced hypokalemia, endometrial hypertrophy, vaginal bleeding, adrenaline efficiency or QT prolongation have been observed. These adverse events can have serious health consequences and are associated with 1 or more of the currently available therapies. We expect that relacorilant's efficacy and safety will make it a new standard of care for hypercortisolism. As awareness of the disease and its ability to be treated grows, many more patients with hypercortisolism will be identified and Corcept is well positioned to help them. As Sean said earlier, we are confident that our Cushing's syndrome business will continue to grow for years. Since the founding of Corcept, our research and development has been built on the hypothesis that cortisol modulation can be a powerful therapeutic mechanism in many serious disorders. The success of our pivotal ROSELLA trial in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer provides clear evidence that cortisol receptor antagonism has substantial potential in oncology. In ROSELLA, 381 women with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer were randomized 1:1 to receive either nab-paclitaxel, the most potent chemotherapy currently available for these patients, or nab-paclitaxel plus relacorilant. In these patients, the efficacy of nab-paclitaxel and chemotherapy in general, had diminished markedly. Our expectation was that relacorilant would blunt the anti-apoptotic effect of cortisol activity, thereby resensitizing ovarian tumors to the effective nab- paclitaxel. This expectation was resoundingly confirmed. ROSELLA trial met its primary endpoint of improved progression-free survival. Patients treated with relacorilant plus nab-paclitaxel experienced a 30% reduction in the risk of disease progression compared to patients treated with nab-paclitaxel alone, the hazard ratio of 0.7 and a p-value of 0.008. At 12 months, 25% of patients in the relacorilant arm remained progression-free almost twice as many as in the control arm. In the interim evaluation of overall survival, patients treated with relacorilant plus nab-paclitaxel had a median overall survival of 16 months compared to 11.5 months for those receiving nab-paclitaxel alone. The hazard ratio was 0.69, with a p-value of 0.01. These results were obtained without the need for a biomarker diagnostic test, a prerequisite of many currently available treatments and were even observed in patients with particularly poor prognosis such as patients who had received multiple lines of prior therapy and patients who have progressed while on standard of care therapy. Relacorilant plus nab-paclitaxel was well tolerated. The adverse events observed were consistent with the known safety profile of nab- paclitaxel. Because patients in the relacorilant plus nab-paclitaxel arm fared better than those in the nab-paclitaxel monotherapy arm, they had an approximately 30% longer duration of nab-paclitaxel therapy. When adjusted for treatment duration, the safety profile of relacorilant plus nab-paclitaxel was very similar to that of nab-paclitaxel alone. The results of the ROSELLA study were presented last month in an oral late-breaker session at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Annual Meeting and simultaneously published in the Lancet, the general medical journal with the world's highest impact factor. Physicians have responded with great enthusiasm to these results, improving progression-free survival and overall survival without an added safety burden positions relacorilant to become the new standard of care for patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. We submitted relacorilant's NDA in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer earlier this month and will submit a marketing authorization application in Europe soon. In anticipation of a successful regulatory outcome, we have made substantial progress in establishing a dedicated oncology division. We are prepared to move swiftly to bring relacorilant plus nab-paclitaxel to the women who can benefit from it once it is approved. ROSELLA established relacorilant's therapeutic value in a highly challenging stage of ovarian cancer. These results support relacorilant's potentially broader utility, including in earlier stages of ovarian cancer and in other solid tumors. The first step in advancing this strategy is with our BELLA trial, which is enrolling briskly and will test whether combining relacorilant plus nab- paclitaxel with bevacizumab offers an additional effective option for patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. We will soon begin additional studies. In addition to exploring cortisol receptors antagonisms potential to resensitize tumors to chemotherapy, we are evaluating its use in combination with androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer. Cortisol stimulation is a major reason why patients with prostate cancer treated with the widely prescribed androgen receptor antagonist enzalutamide, eventually experience resurgent disease. Deprived of androgen stimulation, their tumor switched to cortisol activity to stimulate growth. Our collaborators at the University of Chicago are currently enrolling a randomized placebo-controlled Phase II trial of relacorilant plus enzalutamide in patients with early- stage prostate cancer to determine if cortisol receptor antagonism can block this tumor escape route. Another possible role of cortisol receptor antagonism is in combination with immunotherapy. Because cortisol suppresses the immune system, it may blunt the effectiveness of cancer therapies intended to stimulate an immune response. Adding a cortisol receptor antagonist to immunotherapies such as checkpoint inhibitors, may enhance their effectiveness. Following our Phase Ib trial in advanced adrenal cancer, we are deciding how best to investigate the utility of our compounds in combination with immunotherapies in other tumor types and earlier stages of cancer. Our proprietary compound, dazucorilant, is an excellent candidate for the treatment of neurologic disorders. While our DAZALS trial, a 249 patient randomized double-blind placebo-controlled Phase II trial of dazucorilant in patients with ALS did not meet its primary endpoint of improvement in the ALS functional rating scale. The data did suggest a powerful benefit, prevention of early death. One year after entering DAZALS, patients who received 300 milligrams of dazucorilant daily exhibited an 84% reduction in death -- the risk of death compared to patients who only received placebo. The p-value for this finding was 0.0009. The benefit emerged in the first 24 weeks of the study during which time 5 patients randomized to placebo had died compared to no deaths in the group that received 300 milligrams of dazucorilant. An important point to know about the survival benefit is that it emerges from the start of treatment when patients still retain considerable function and quality of life. The common understanding of ALS is that it progresses by degrading motor function until patients are completely paralyzed with death following. While this is true in some cases, many more patients die long before then from conditions such as pneumonia that they would have survived had it not been for their ALS. It is these early deaths that patients receiving dazucorilant experience less frequently. We presented these notable findings last month at the European Network to Cure ALS Annual Meeting. We are engaged with regulatory authorities to determine the fastest path for advancing dazucorilant. NASH metabolic dysfunction associated steatohepatitis is a serious liver disorder that afflicts millions of patients in the United States and globally. Cortisol activity plays a role in both the initial development and progression of the disease, and cortisol modulation may serve as a treatment. Our proprietary molecules, miricorilant has very potent activity in the liver. Our phase Ib study showed that miricorilant rapidly reduced liver fat and improved other markers of liver health, fibrosis and metabolism. Miricorilant was also very well tolerated without the GI side effects commonly seen in patients being treated for MASH. Our randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase IIb MONARCH study aims to expand on our encouraging Phase Ib results. MONARCH has 2 cohorts. The first cohort of patients has biopsy-confirmed MASH. The second cohort consists of patients with presumed MASH. Enrollment in MONARCH will be completed in the next few weeks and results will be available late next year. As I said earlier, this is the dawn of a new era at Corcept. Let me reiterate our important developments. The CATALYST trial, the largest and most rigorous of its kind proves that there are far more patients with hypercortisolism than was previously believed, and that cortisol modulation is very beneficial for these patients. With results from both phases of CATALYST now published, leading physicians are recognizing the significance of the findings and joining us in raising awareness. We are certain that this will lead to many more patients being screened, identified and properly treated. While Korlym's effectiveness in treating hypercortisolism is well established, relacorilant is a substantial advance. Its strong efficacy and safety positions it to become a new standard of care. We expect its approval on hypercortisolism by the end of this year, and are eager to make it available immediately thereafter. The ROSELLA trial validated cortisol receptors antagonisms utility in oncology. Relacorilant delivered a clear clinical benefit with no added side effect safety burden in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer treated with nab-paclitaxel. We expect relacorilant approval in oncology next year. We are working to unlock its potential in earlier stages of cancer, other tumor types and in combination with other anticancer agents. In addition, we are actively exploring the potential of cortisol modulation to treat a broad range of additional severe diseases, including neurologic and hepatic diseases. We continue to discover and develop proprietary selective cortisol modulators with likely very distinctive clinical attributes and are advancing the most promising to the clinic. Cortisol modulation's vast potential to help many patients is just beginning to unfold. It is a very exciting time at Corcept. Operator, let's proceed to questions.
Operator:
[Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from the line of David Amsellem of Piper Sandler.
David A. Amsellem:
I have a few Korlym specific questions. First, actually, I want to ask you about the authorized generic, what portion of your business came from the authorized generic during the quarter relative to 1Q? And can you talk about the pricing headwind in percentage terms year-over-year? So that's number one. Number 2 is just with the supply chain issues and fulfillment issues, can you talk about the disconnect between prescriptions that are actually written and prescriptions that are actually filled. In other words, what portion of prescriptions that were actually written were pull-through to actually -- to actual filled prescriptions. And did that gap narrow in the second quarter? In other words, were the fulfillment issues for lack of a better term, less bad in 2Q versus 1Q? So I'll stop there on that.
Joseph K. Belanoff:
All right. Thank you, David. I think we understand exactly what you're asking. And I just want to pass it over to Sean Maduck. Sean as you know, is the President of our Endocrinology division, and these are things that are on display every day.
Sean Maduck:
David, thanks for the question. I'm going to touch on the AG question first. So if you recall on the last call, we had stated that just over 50% of our business had transitioned over to the AG. Over the course of the second quarter, we're now at about 2/3 of our business. So we've seen sort of that transition slow. We expect over the next 6 months, maybe a little bit more movement but we have seen some stabilization. So a percentage point here or there. But I think we'll settle at the end of the year around 2/3 of our business. In terms of the pricing question you asked, I mean, when we launched our AG in June of last year, we launched it at a 12% discount to Korlym's list price but you know that's a starting point with payers, right? Payers negotiate. And so it varies by payer contract. But when you look on average across all of our contracts, it's about a 30% discount to Korlym's list price. Okay. So now in terms of your question, before I talk about the supply chain specifics, I do want to spend a couple of minutes talking about the health of our business, and then I'll talk specifically about the pharmacy. So we had an excellent quarter. I mean, we grew our volume by 49% year-over-year, and it could have been more. And I'll talk about that in a minute when I talk about the pharmacy. So why is our business growing and why is it so strong? Well, the first point is the market is expanding. There has been a significant amount of data over the last couple of years, most notably CATALYST, and Joe referenced this in his comments. But it has made a real splash. Physicians are way more interested today than they were a couple of years ago. It's expanding the conversation. We're getting in front of them. And a real-life example of this, we monitor this, of course. A real-life example is at the Endo conference about 3 weeks ago here in San Francisco, the Endo Society Conference, we had a presentation on the CATALYST data in a room that had seats for about 225 people. 500 people attended that session. There were more people standing than sitting. And that would have been absolutely unheard of 2 years ago. And here we are today. That's driving, again, more conversation, more outreach with Corcept, and we're working hard to make sure that information is disseminated broadly so that physicians are actively looking for these patients, which is exactly what they're doing. There's more screening going on and more patients are being diagnosed. And because of that, our Korlym prescriptions have increased significantly over the last few months. And that's just going to continue. We expect -- we're just really at the start of that. And to put that in perspective, I mean we now have days that we get more Korlym new patient prescriptions than we used to get in a month. And again, it's just the start of that. We're just at the start of CATALYST. We think that's going to accelerate through the rest of the year and really lay a very strong foundation for relacorilant, which, of course, we're very excited for, which is going to come at the beginning of next year. So in terms of your specific question around the pharmacy, I mean, in short, the pharmacy just did not meet our expectations. They improved in Q2. They got closer to where we were but not all the way. And the best way that I think I can explain this is to use a bit of an analogy. And bear with me for a second, I'm going to talk about cars for a second here. But assume that a few months ago, Optime was operating in a car that was driving about 60 miles per hour. Of course, that was in a car that was driving 70 miles per hour, and we needed them to catch up, not just catch up but sustain their speed to support our business. They improved. They got closer to where we were but that's the operative word. Where we were is not where we are today. This is not a static business. Our business continues to grow and to accelerate. And we're now driving at 80, 85 miles per hour. So you asked specifically, as the gap narrowed, I mean, there's been such a flood of volume has continued to create a problem. And when you look to quantify that, that probably had about a $15 million impact on our second quarter results. So heading into the second half of the year, where are we? Well, we saw improvement. We expect that we're going to continue to see improvement in the third quarter, and we expect that we're going to continue to see even more improvement with our current pharmacy vendors or through the end of the year. But as we said in our opening statements, we're also onboarding a second pharmacy, which we're very excited about that will support our business both today and in the future with relacorilant, and we expect them to start contributing in the fourth quarter.
Operator:
Our next question comes from the line of Joon Lee of Truist Securities.
Joon So Lee:
Regarding the $3 billion to $5 billion in peak sales opportunity for your hypercortisolism franchise that mentioned on the call, how much of that is coming from Korlym. And given the pending approval of relacorilant, how important is it to you that you win the -- on the ongoing appeals process with Teva? And I have a follow-up.
Joseph K. Belanoff:
I'll be glad to take that question. I want to reiterate a few of the points we've made already, but they're important, which is that relacorilant is a better medication. Korlym works extremely well, but relacorilant has very, very tangible advantages. And we think that relacorilant ultimately will entirely replace Korlym. There's also another point, which is that we think that we have penetrated a very small percentage of the overall potential market. There are many more patients with hypercortisolism to be treated that have ever been treated. So our longer-term estimates when you referenced $3 billion to $5 billion certainly takes into account relacorilant, really has, in some sense, very little impact from at that point. But maybe just another important point to make, which we don't often say out loud is we don't think $3 billion to $5 billion are peak sales. I mean, $3 billion to $5 billion is what we think we can do in 3 to 5 years. But we think that this market is substantially larger than that, and we will have a substantial piece of that substantial mark.
Atabak Mokari:
The other part of the question was around the patent.
Joseph K. Belanoff:
Please repeat the other part of the question.
Atabak Mokari:
The other part of this question was winning the patent case impact of $3 billion to $5 billion.
Joseph K. Belanoff:
Winning the case does not impact the $3 billion to $5 billion, what impacts the pie because that's a Korlym patent case. We think that, of course, maybe everyone in our situation, we think we have a very good reason to win the patent case. But in some sense, that's looking through the rearview mirror. This is really about the advancement of relacorilant and its future growth.
Joon So Lee:
Understood. I had a quick follow-up. When will the second pharmacy come online? And at what point would you consider activating more distributors because isn't that sort of the plan for relacorilant, which you think and we think will have a broader adoption?
Joseph K. Belanoff:
Yes. I'm going to pass you back to Sean for that answer.
Sean Maduck:
Yes. So thanks for the question. So the onboarding of that pharmacy is in process, and we expect them to attribute sort of value and have an impact in the fourth quarter. We -- to your second question and comment, we had always planned to expand this network for relacorilant. And it really was the surge of demand that we saw with Korlym that caused us to sort of pull that back a quarter, and that's why we're accelerating this. But to your question about will we expand further, it's something that we're looking into. I mean, we're being very thoughtful as we set up our current structure with the addition of the second pharmacy, so that we have the ability to add to that should we see fit. So something we're always looking at, and we will do that if we see fit into the future.
Operator:
Our next question comes from the line of Swayampakula Ramakanth of HCW.
Swayampakula Ramakanth:
A couple of quick questions. So you have initiated the CATALYST today a couple of years ago. So you were -- even before study, you kind of confident that the way the data was going to come from CATALYST because you are always aware that the patients are not being identified as much as they should be. Having -- where I'm leading to that question is, what kind of -- what steps were missed in not having a second pharmacy onboard earlier in time because you knew that there was going to be an upsurge of this demand from the market, especially once the data comes out. And the other question is, with the expectation that the second pharmacy is going to come on board in the fourth quarter, why are we still pulling down the guidance? Does that mean there is something else that we are not understanding?
Joseph K. Belanoff:
Okay. Let me see if I can order those questions. I think I'll try the first question, and I'll give Sean, the second question. First question is, why didn't we get it a second pharmacy sooner? And I'll be honest, hindsight 2020, good question. And I think that part of it was that sort of a combination of things to build from the CATALYST information has gone much more rapidly than we thought. And frankly, we thought that our original pharmacy would be able to keep up and live and learn. The demand has been even greater than we thought it was, and our current pharmacy wasn't able to stay with it. So Sean, the second question?
Sean Maduck:
Yes. So the second question was, given the second pharmacy coming on and adding value in the fourth quarter, why did we change? So look, we take all factors into account when we look at our range. And one of the challenges is as I mentioned earlier, the impact of the patient delays, and that's what's happening here. It's taking longer for patients to a medication. It was a $15 million impact in the second quarter but that doesn't just go away. I mean, that sort of flows through the model. It takes longer to start patients, it takes longer to titrate up. And when you do sort of the math throughout the course of the year, it has the potential to be a larger impact than that $15 million. So that was the main driver.
Swayampakula Ramakanth:
On the BELLA study, what's the time line for that? And also in terms of evaluating relacorilant in other solid tumors, is that basically the prostate cancer that you're talking about? Or is there any additional solid tumors that you would be looking at?
Joseph K. Belanoff:
Thank you very much for asking that, RK and that gives me an opportunity to reintroduce you to Bill Guyer, who is our Chief Development Officer. This is all his domain, and I'll let him get started.
William Guyer:
Great. Thanks, RK, for that question. So for the BELLA trial, enrollment has gone better than expected. I mean, our Phase II and a Phase III study is using relacorilant plus nab-paclitaxel enrolled also very quickly. This is going even faster than that. And so we will have this study enrolled by the end of this year, and therefore, we'll see results about a year after that. And when it comes to other solid tumors, I'll comment on there. Yes, prostate cancer is one of those but we're thinking much bigger than that because our vision for is to establish its role as an agent capable of synergizing with many other agents to enhance efficacy with no added toxicity in many different tumor types. Now in the near term, we're going to study and move forward in looking at moving up in the treatment paradigm in ovarian cancer, and we'll be expanding in across gynecological oncology spaces like endometrial cancer and cervical cancer. And when we look at other solid tumors, I'll give you more details in the coming weeks by the end of this year but we're going to be also looking at other selective glucocorticoid receptor antagonist in combination with other agents like immunotherapy. So finalizing our oncology development plans is ongoing. We've got a great plan, and we will give you the details very soon.
Swayampakula Ramakanth:
And the last question from me, Joe, is, yes, on the conversation with the FDA on the ALS front. Did you already have that conversation with the FDA? And if not, what's the strategy there? Do you think as soon as you get the for another study, would you be doing another study? Or would you want to utilize whatever data you have to file?
Joseph K. Belanoff:
I think we heard and understand your question. And I'm going to pass you back to Charlie Robb. Charlie is our Chief Business Officer, and he oversees all of our regulatory interactions.
Gary Charles Robb:
So we've not yet had the meeting. We said in the last call that we were going to contact the regulators immediately, which we did. And so we have a meeting scheduled later in August to discuss the path forward. And one of the options is certainly an approval based on the data we have now, that would be an unusual thing no 1 should count on but that's one we're putting that forward as a very serious possibility and subject to a conversation with the regulators. The other, of course, would be the optimum design of a confirmatory trial, which we would expect to conduct in any event, whatever the use of the Phase II data we have now turns out to be. So when we have that meeting and settle on our plans, we will let folks know about it but that's sort of the state of play right now.
Operator:
Our next question comes from the line of Edward Nash of Canaccord Genuity.
Xinwei An:
This is Xinwei An for Edwards. My questions are -- my questions are focused on the BELLA for platinum resistance ovarian cancer side of things. So the first part of my question is maybe -- could you help us understand BELLA positioning in the current treatment paradigm? Because you mentioned that it is the expectation that BELLA can help treat earlier stages of ovarian cancer. So does this also include patients that are not platinum-resistant?
Joseph K. Belanoff:
Yes. I think I caught most of your questions. And if we've missed anything, ask us and we'll clarify. But I'd like to introduce everyone to Roberto Vieira, who is President of our Oncology division, and he is all over this material. So please Roberto start. And if we've missed something, let us know.
Roberto W. Vieira:
Thank you for the question. So let me just start by saying that since we have presented our bid at ASCO, we have had the opportunity to speak. We've got a wide range of key opinion leaders in the field. We have also ran a comprehensive market research getting input from a large number of treating physicians across all major U.S. regions. And the feedback on the ROSELLA result has been very, very encouraging to us. It speaks really to the strength of the data we have. So we are very confident about our path to market leadership, specifically in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, and we believe relacorilant has the potential to deliver over $1 billion in long-term revenues. Now specifically to your question about positioning, the ROSELLA trial data supports relacorilant as a flexible option that can be used in multiple lines of therapy both before and after biomarker specific agent by ELAHERE, for example, which was very much corroborated by the market research I alluded to before.
Xinwei An:
Okay. Yes. That's very helpful. So I guess, since you already mentioned maybe squeezing in a follow-up over here that your discussion with physicians, are you finding that they will tend to use relacorilant in the earlier stage patients were rather to preserve or sort of preserve the drug for late-stage patients because of its safety profile, which is positive? And for late-stage patients, usually, there's not that many options out there?
Joseph K. Belanoff:
Please, Roberto.
Roberto W. Vieira:
Yes. So our data, as you know, looks into patients with multiple lines of therapy early and late. So it supports flexible utilization, as I mentioned before. But as we speak to physicians about this, it's not just the efficacy. They're actually look into the safety as a very strong attribute of this regimen and the as well, it's also something that really appeals to them. So we see significant utilization getting earlier lines of platinum resistance ovarian cancer and potential for utilization even earlier as the data evolves.
Joseph K. Belanoff:
And I would just like to add to that one point that Bill alluded to. I think that our trial in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer ROSELLA enrolled twice as fast as any other study, which has ever been completed in that disease. And I think that the current study, the BELLA study, we really have to keep up. I mean, the enrollment is really so brisk there. And I think it speaks to the ease of use of this drug in combination. So look, we're -- we've done our research, and we're only speculating until we actually get to the market, but it seems as if physicians kind of all along the spectrum of disease severity are interested.
Xinwei An:
Okay. Great. And very last part of my question, is regarding rela with the potential of being used in combination with other therapies like immunotherapy, as you mentioned before, or ADCs in the future, any specific concerns on overlapping toxicities over here?
Joseph K. Belanoff:
I'm going to give you to Bill Guyer.
William Guyer:
Yes. Thank you for that question. No, there are absolutely no concerns of overlapping toxicities. We look to see, again, to be the agent of choice in combination with any immunotherapy or chemotherapy. And we will do that in many future studies to come to prove that.
Joseph K. Belanoff:
And there really is no mechanistic reason to think that there would be that problem. It looks like we're out of questions. Thank you very much for everybody who has called in. We look forward to really what's next. It is -- I really do view this personally. It's an exceptionally exciting time. We really have an opportunity to help many, many people, and you'll be a part of it. So thank you very much, and we'll talk to you next quarter.
Operator:
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