09:15 AM EDT, 05/26/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Healthcare stocks were advancing premarket Tuesday, with the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) 0.4% higher and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLV ) up 0.2%.

Eli Lilly ( LLY ) has agreed to acquire Curevo, LimmaTech Biologics, and Vaccine Company in deals worth up to nearly $3.83 billion in total, expanding its presence in infectious disease prevention, the company said. Shares of Eli Lilly ( LLY ) were up more than 1% pre-bell.

Natera ( NTRA ) stock was up more than 2% after the company said it has upgraded its Panorama non-invasive prenatal test using SNP-informed deep sequencing to improve accuracy in samples with low fetal fraction.

Jade Biosciences ( JBIO ) has dosed the first participant in its phase 2 trial of experimental therapy, JADE101, for immunoglobulin A nephropathy, or IgAN, the drugmaker said. Shares of Jade Biosciences ( JBIO ) were up more than 5% premarket.