08:53 AM EDT, 05/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were steady premarket Tuesday with the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) and iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) recently inactive.

Novo Nordisk's ( NVO ) weight-loss drug Wegovy is being offered in smaller doses of a compounded version by online weight-loss tool Noom, Reuters reported, citing senior company officials. Shares of Novo Nordisk ( NVO ) were over 3% higher pre-bell.