08:53 AM EST, 01/02/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were flat to higher premarket Thursday, with the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) inactive and The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.7%.

Neumora Therapeutics ( NMRA ) shares were down more than 83% after the company said that phase 3 KOASTAL-1 study of navacaprant in treating major depressive disorder failed to meet its primary endpoint.