09:10 AM EST, 02/10/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were flat to edging higher pre-bell Monday as the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was inactive and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLV ) was up 0.2% recently.

Pliant Therapeutics ( PLRX ) shares declined by nearly 61% after the company said it has suspended enrollment and treatment in a phase 2b trial of bexotegrast for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis following a recommendation from the trial's data safety monitoring board.

Roivant Sciences ( ROIV ) shares were up nearly 6% even after the company reported lower fiscal Q3 earnings and revenue.

DocGo ( DCGO ) shares rose past 3% after the company said it has acquired PTI Health to add mobile phlebotomy lab services to its portfolio.