
After a lackluster first half of 2025, healthcare stocks staged a comeback, posting the best performance among the 11 S&P 500 sectors over the past six months.
In large part, that rebound was fueled by increasing demand for weight-loss drugs such as GLP-1 agonists and semaglutide treatments, including Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, and Mounjaro.