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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

        REGISTRATION NO. 333-92161

(To Prospectus dated August 15, 2007)

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        Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

 

 

 

 

 

1,000,000,000 Depositary Receipts

Pharmaceutical HOLDRS (SM) Trust

 

This prospectus supplement supplements information contained in the prospectus dated August 15, 2007 relating to the sale of up to 1,000,000,000 depositary receipts by the Pharmaceutical HOLDRS (SM) Trust.

The share amounts specified in the table in the “Highlights of Pharmaceutical HOLDRS” section of the base prospectus shall be replaced with the following:

 

Name of Company

Ticker

Share
Amounts

Primary
Trading
Market

Abbott Laboratories

ABT

14

NYSE

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.

EYE

0.2222

NYSE

Allergan, Inc.

AGN

2

NYSE

Biovail Corporation

BVF

4

NYSE

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

BMY

18

NYSE

Eli Lilly & Company

LLY

10

NYSE

Forest Laboratories, Inc.

FRX

4

NYSE

Hospira, Inc.

HSP

1.4

NYSE

Johnson & Johnson

JNJ

26

NYSE

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

KG

4.25

NYSE

Medco Health Solutions

MHS

2.6532

NYSE

Merck & Co., Inc.

MRK

22

NYSE

Mylan, Inc.(1)

MYL

2.25

NYSE

Pfizer Inc.

PFE

58

NYSE

Schering-Plough Corporation

SGP

14

NYSE

Valeant Pharmaceuticals

VRX

1

NYSE

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

WPI

1

NYSE

Wyeth

WYE

12

NYSE

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

ZMH

1.8

NYSE

 

(1)

Effective October 1, 2007, Mylan Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE ticker “MYL”), an underlying constituent of the Pharmaceuticals HOLDRS Trust, changed its name to Mylan, Inc.

 

The share amounts listed in the table above reflect all previous stock splits, dividends and business combination transactions.

 

The date of this prospectus supplement is September 30, 2007.