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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 * Franklin Joshua B   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CORNERSTONE THERAPEUTICS INC [CRTX] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) VP, Strategy & Bus. Dev. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O CORNERSTONE THERAPEUTICS INC., 1255 CRESCENT GREEN DRIVE, SUITE 250 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/03/2014 (Street) CARY, NC 27518 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 02/03/2014   D   20,944 (1) D $ 9.5 0 D   Common Stock 02/03/2014   D   25,000 (2) D $ 9.5 0 D

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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

Option to Purchase Common Stock (Right to Buy)

$ 7.09

02/03/2014

D

25,000

(3)

05/28/2019

Common Stock

25,000

$ 2.41 (3)

0

D

Option to Purchase Common Stock (Right to Buy)

$ 9.3

02/03/2014

D

50,000

(3)

07/28/2019

Common Stock

50,000

$ 0.2 (3)

0

D

Option to Purchase Common Stock (Right to Buy)

$ 5.26

02/03/2014

D

35,000

(4)

03/03/2020

Common Stock

35,000

$ 4.24 (4)

0

D

Option to Purchase Common Stock (Right to Buy)

$ 5.25

02/03/2014

D

25,000

(4)

03/02/2021

Common Stock

25,000

$ 4.25 (4)

0

D

Option to Purchase Common Stock (Right to Buy)

$ 5.74

02/03/2014

D

50,000

(4)

02/28/2022

Common Stock

50,000

$ 3.76 (4)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Franklin Joshua B C/O CORNERSTONE THERAPEUTICS INC. 1255 CRESCENT GREEN DRIVE, SUITE 250 CARY, NC 27518			VP, Strategy & Bus. Dev.

Signatures

/s/ Amy Diebler, attorney-in-fact for Joshua B. Franklin pursuant to a power of attorney		02/04/2014
**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)	Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Agreement") by and among Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., Chiesi U.S. Corporation, and Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc., dated as of September 15, 2013, on the effective date of the merger contemplated by the Agreement (the "Merger"), each of these shares of common stock were automatically converted into the right to receive $9.50, without interest.
(2)	Represents shares of restricted stock. Pursuant to the Merger, each restricted stock award outstanding at the effective time of the Merger was converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) $9.50 and (ii) the number of shares of Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. common stock subject to such award.
(3)	This option, which was fully vested, was cancelled in the Merger in exchange for a cash payment equal to the product of (i) the excess of $9.50 over the exercise price per share of the option and (ii) the total number of shares underlying the option.
(4)	This option, which provided for vesting as to 25% of the original number of shares on the first anniversary of the grant date and as to an additional 2.09% of the original number of shares at the end of each successive one-month period following the first anniversary of the grant date until the fourth anniversary of the grant date, was cancelled in the Merger in exchange for a cash payment equal to the product of (i) the excess of $9.50 over the exercise price per share of the option and (ii) the total number of shares underlying the option.

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