January 25, 2019

Concept Therapeutics Caught In the Middle Of A Scandal

Corcept Therapeutics (CORT) shares were down sharply due to a negative report published by the Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation. In the report, the SIRF laid out an argument essentially accusing the company of colluding with physicians to increase prescriptions of its treatment despite the fact that the treatment was only approved by the FDA for a very specific ailment. Here’s our recap.

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Mike Patton

Mike Patton took the leap into the markets beginning as a commodities broker in 2005, where he was responsible for identifying trading opportunities and executing trades on behalf of clients. After years as a broker he made the jump to education by joining the team at Trading Advantage, now Prosper Trading Academy.

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