09:10 AM EDT, 10/22/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were mixed premarket Wednesday, with The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLV ) 0.8% higher and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) down 0.3%.

Thermo Fisher Scientific ( TMO ) shares were up more than 2% after the company posted higher fiscal Q3 adjusted earnings and revenue.

Novo Nordisk ( NVO ) shares were down more than 1% after the company said Chair Helge Lund, Vice Chair Henrik Poulsen, and five other independent board members will not stand for election on Nov. 14 at an extraordinary general meeting.

Boston Scientific ( BSX ) stock was up more than 3% after the company reported higher Q3 adjusted earnings and sales and raised its 2025 outlook.