09:15 AM EST, 02/18/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were edging higher premarket Wednesday, with the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLV ) and iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) up 0.1%.

Insulet ( PODD ) shares were up more than 7% after the company posted higher Q4 adjusted earnings and revenue.

Moderna ( MRNA ) stock was up more than 8% after the company said the US Food and Drug Administration has accepted the biologics license application for review of the company's investigational seasonal influenza vaccine candidate, mRNA-1010.

Charles River Laboratories International ( CRL ) shares were down 0.4% after the company reported lower Q4 adjusted earnings and revenue.