08:53 AM EDT, 06/12/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were leaning lower premarket Thursday with the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) marginally declining and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) down 0.5% recently.

BioNTech (BNTX) has agreed to acquire clinical-stage biotech company CureVac ( CVAC ) in an all-stock deal, the companies said. Shares of CureVac ( CVAC ) were rising by more than 31% pre-bell.