09:02 AM EDT, 03/27/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were mixed premarket Friday, with the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) marginally advancing and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) 0.3% lower.

Astrazeneca ( AZN ) shares were up more than 4% after the company said its drug tozorakimab met its primary endpoint in two phase 3 trials in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.