08:50 AM EDT, 09/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were steady premarket Thursday, with The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) unchanged and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) inactive.

Five current and former employees of AstraZeneca ( AZN ) have been detained in China on suspicion of illegal patient data collection and the importation of an unapproved liver cancer drug, multiple media outlets reported, citing unidentified sources. AstraZeneca ( AZN ) shares were down more than 2% pre-bell.