08:51 AM EDT, 03/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were steady premarket Thursday as the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was inactive and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) was recently up a slight 0.1%.

ImmunoPrecise Antibodies ( IPA ) shares rallied past 17% after the company announced a strategic partnership with an unnamed biotechnology company to discover and develop antibody-drug conjugates and bispecific antibodies to treat cancer.