Health care stocks climbed late Monday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index up 0.5% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) rising 0.8%.
The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) climbed 1.3%.
In corporate news, Unity Biotechnology (UBX) shares fell 28%. The company's UBX1325, the diabetic macular edema treatment for patients with poor vision, didn't achieve statistical non-inferiority at the primary analysis endpoint in a phase 2b trial.
TransCode Therapeutics (RNAZ) shares dropped 38%. The company agreed to sell shares to raise $10 million.
23andMe (ME) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to help facilitate a potential sale, while Anne Wojcicki resigned as chief executive officer, less than a month after she attempted to buy the genetic testing firm. 23andMe shares tumbled 59%.
Novo Nordisk (NVO) secured exclusive global rights to United Laboratories International's therapeutic candidate for obesity and type 2 diabetes in a licensing deal worth up to $2 billion. Novo shares shed 2%.
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