Sector Update: Healthcare

08:57 AM EDT, 10/16/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Healthcare stocks were edging higher premarket Friday, with the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) up 0.4% and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) advancing by 0.5%. Tiziana Life Sciences (TLSA) stock was up more than 1% after the company said it has started dosing the last patient in the phase 2 trial of intranasal foralumab in patients with early/mild Alzheimer's disease.