01:11 PM EDT, 10/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks declined Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index easing 0.1% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) shedding 0.3%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was rising 1%.

In corporate news, Pfizer ( PFE ) Chief Executive Albert Bourla said vaccine approvals are "harder to get" in the US amid changes to the country's immunization policies, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing comments at a CNBC event in Washington. Pfizer ( PFE ) shares were down 0.7%.