03:35 PM EDT, 05/20/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks fell late Monday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index down 0.1% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) shedding 0.2%.
The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) rose 0.5%.
In corporate news, Ensysce Biosciences ( ENSC ) shares jumped 17% after the company said it renewed a collaboration with Quotient Sciences to undertake a study to examine and evaluate the full commercial dose range of pain relief drug PF614-MPAR.