08:50 AM EDT, 09/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were steady premarket Wednesday with the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) unchanged and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) up by a slight 0.1% recently.

Organon (OGN) said it has agreed to acquire Roivant's (ROIV) Dermavant, including its flagship dermatological cream Vtama, for a total consideration of $1.2 billion. Roivant Sciences ( ROIV ) shares were up more than 3% pre-bell.