Health care stocks were advancing pre-bell Monday, with the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) up 0.7% and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) advancing by 0.4%.
Argenx (ARGX) shares were down nearly 6% after the company said it has discontinued a phase 3 study of its therapy subcutaneously administered efgartigimod in adults with moderate to severe thyroid eye disease.
Immunome (IMNM) stock was up nearly 20% after the company said its global pivotal phase 3 trial evaluating varegacestat, an investigational gamma secretase inhibitor, in patients with progressing desmoid tumors met its primary endpoint of improving progression-free survival.
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (AMPH) shares were up more than 2% after the company said the US Food and Drug Administration approved the abbreviated New Drug Application for its teriparatide injection as a treatment for osteoporosis.
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