08:57 AM EDT, 09/27/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were mixed premarket Friday as the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) was flat and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) recently advanced by 0.5%.

Bristol-Myers Squibb ( BMY ) shares were up almost 4% after the company said the US Food and Drug Administration has approved its oral medication Cobenfy for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults.