09:04 AM EDT, 05/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were flat to lower premarket Wednesday, with the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) inactive and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) down 0.2%.

Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals ( EPRX ) shares were up more than 14% after the company said that new clinical data from its phase 1b/2a study of EP-104GI to treat eosinophilic esophagitis showed further positive results.