09:02 AM EST, 12/24/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were mixed pre-bell Tuesday as the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLV ) was up 0.1% and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was 0.4% lower recently.

Clearmind Medicine ( CMND ) shares surged past 65% after the company said it has received Institutional Review Board approval from Yale University for a phase 1/2a clinical trial of CMND-100 in alcohol use disorder.

NeueHealth's ( NEUE ) shares soared by over 63% after the company said overnight it agreed to be acquired and taken private by an affiliate of New Enterprise Associates for an enterprise value of about $1.3 billion.

Mynaric AG ( MYNA ) shares were up over 11% after the company said it secured a $5 million loan following an amendment to its loan agreement with US-based lenders.