01:10 PM EDT, 07/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose Friday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index up 0.02% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) adding 0.2%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was shedding 0.4%.

In corporate news, Novo Nordisk ( NVO ) shares rose nearly 1% after it said Friday the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended expanding the use of Alhemo to more hemophilia patients.