08:59 AM EDT, 06/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were leaning lower premarket Friday with the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) declining by 0.6% and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) down 1.1% recently.

Moderna ( MRNA ) shares were down more than 2% even after the company said the US Food and Drug Administration has approved its mRESVIA vaccine to prevent lower respiratory tract disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus in individuals aged 18 to 59 years who are at increased risk for disease.