09:11 AM EST, 01/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose premarket Tuesday with the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) 0.6% higher and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLV ) recently up 0.3%.

BrightSpring Health Services ( BTSG ) shares were down almost 3% after the company said it will sell its Community Living division, including ResCare Community Living, to Sevita for $835 million in cash.

Nanobiotix ( NBTX ) shares rose nearly 12% after the company said it dosed the first patient in a phase 2 trial testing the experimental drug, JNJ-1900, for stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer.

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals ( ARWR ) shares advanced by nearly 4% after the company said its New Drug Application for plozasiran to treat patients with familial chylomicronemia syndrome was accepted by the US Food and Drug Administration.