Health care stocks were rising pre-bell Monday, with the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) 0.7% higher and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up 0.1%.
Kymera Therapeutics (KYMR) shares were up more than 38% after the company said a phase 1b clinical trial of KT-62 to treat atopic dermatitis demonstrated "robust clinical activity" that was seen in all disease endpoints.
Arcellx (ACLX) shares were up more than 13% after the company said results of a phase 2 study of anitocabtagene autoleucel, or anito-cel, in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma showed a 96% overall response rate.
BioNTech (BNTX) stock was up more than 3% after the company and OncoC4 said their experimental therapy, gotistobart, showed a "meaningful" overall survival benefit in certain metastatic squamous non-small cell lung cancer patients during the non-pivotal stage of the global phase 3 trial.
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