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Friday, 7/17, 07:32 AM
Kalshi Opens Betting on Drug Trials and FDA Decisions, Raising Insider Fears
- Kalshi, the CFTC-regulated prediction-market exchange, has begun letting people bet on whether drug trials succeed and whether the FDA approves new medicines, outcomes that routinely move biotech stocks.
- The company says safeguards protect trial integrity, but ethicists warn the contracts invite insider trading on confidential medical data, days after a separate Kalshi insider scandal.