03:38 PM EDT, 03/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were higher late Monday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index rising 1.6% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 1.3%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) climbed 1.6%.

In corporate news, Vtv Therapeutics ( VTVT ) shares surged 53% after it said Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration has lifted a clinical hold on its cadisegliatin clinical program, which includes a phase 3 trial for type 1 diabetes.