09:13 AM EDT, 03/26/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were leaning lower premarket Thursday, with the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLV ) down 0.4% and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) declining by 0.7%.

Ascentage Pharma Group ( AAPG ) shares were down more than 2% after the company reported a wider 2025 loss as revenue declined during the period.

Kodiak Sciences ( KOD ) stock was up more than 56% after the company said topline results from a phase 3 trial of tarcocimab tedromer demonstrated superiority over sham in patients with diabetic retinopathy and met its primary endpoint with high statistical significance.

MapLight Therapeutics ( MPLT ) shares were down more than 6% after the company reported a wider-than-expected Q4 net loss.