03:36 PM EST, 02/10/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were lower late Monday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) each easing 0.2%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) fell 1.1%.

In corporate news, Biodexa Pharmaceuticals ( BDRX ) shares jumped 30% after the company said Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration granted fast track designation to eRapa for the potential treatment of familial adenomatous polyposis.