Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Gano Kyle
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC [NBIX] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Business Dev Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
12780 EL CAMINO REAL		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/16/2014
(Street)

SAN DIEGO, CA 92130		 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

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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
STOCK OPTION (1) $ 19.59 01/16/2014   A   75,000   02/16/2014 01/16/2024 COMMON STOCK 75,000 $ 19.59 75,000 D  
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT (2) 01/16/2014   A   13,000     (3)   (3) COMMON STOCK 13,000 $ 0 13,000 D  
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT (2) 01/16/2014   A   75,000     (4) 01/16/2019 COMMON STOCK 75,000 $ 0 75,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Gano Kyle
12780 EL CAMINO REAL
SAN DIEGO, CA 92130		       Chief Business Dev Officer  

Signatures

 /s/ Margaret E. Valeur-Jensen, By Power of Attorney   01/21/2014
**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) Represents option of which 1/48th of the shares underlying the option becomes vested and exercisable on February 16, 2014, an additional 1/48th of the shares underlying the option becomes vested and exercisable each month thereafter.
(2) Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Neurocrine Common Stock.
(3) The restricted stock units will vest annually at 1/4 of the units vesting on January 16, 2015, January 16, 2016, January 16, 2017, and January 16, 2018
(4) 50,000 of these restricted stock units will vest upon the Company achieving the primary endpoint in a U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") approved Phase 3 study, while the remaining 25,000 restricted stock units will vest upon the Company obtaining FDA approval of a New Drug Application. The vesting provisions of these RSU are exclusive of the elagolix program.

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