Shares | Market Value ($000) | ||
Common Stocks (97.4%) | |||
Belgium (3.2%) | |||
1 | UCB SA | 10,238,136 | 1,011,237 |
* | Argenx SE | 1,276,356 | 318,504 |
* | Galapagos NV (XBRU) | 984,983 | 115,132 |
* | Galapagos NV | 190,475 | 22,623 |
1,467,496 | |||
Brazil (0.0%) | |||
Notre Dame Intermedica Participacoes SA | 1,699,100 | 19,470 | |
China (1.0%) | |||
*,2 | Wuxi Biologics Cayman Inc. | 6,344,000 | 178,163 |
2 | WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd. Class H | 8,198,680 | 131,083 |
* | Zai Lab Ltd. | 862,000 | 71,718 |
Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. Class H | 14,799,500 | 61,077 | |
Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co. Ltd. Class H | 11,452,000 | 22,210 | |
*,2 | Shanghai Henlius Biotech Inc. Class H | 112,117 | 539 |
464,790 | |||
Denmark (1.7%) | |||
* | Genmab A/S | 1,953,376 | 652,477 |
* | Genmab A/S ADR | 3,150,246 | 106,037 |
758,514 | |||
Hong Kong (0.6%) | |||
* | BeiGene Ltd. ADR | 950,885 | 281,956 |
Japan (9.3%) | |||
1 | Eisai Co. Ltd. | 17,856,177 | 1,388,382 |
Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. | 23,001,390 | 607,091 | |
Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | 19,628,460 | 559,906 | |
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | 12,771,000 | 492,961 | |
Astellas Pharma Inc. | 35,657,000 | 488,962 | |
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | 9,943,216 | 307,271 | |
Terumo Corp. | 7,859,400 | 289,257 | |
Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd. | 1,977,800 | 141,326 | |
4,275,156 | |||
Netherlands (0.9%) | |||
* | Koninklijke Philips NV | 8,996,518 | 416,690 |
Switzerland (4.6%) | |||
Novartis AG (Registered) | 19,912,128 | 1,551,605 | |
Roche Holding AG | 979,798 | 314,840 | |
* | Alcon Inc. | 2,550,401 | 144,998 |
Roche Holding AG (Bearer) | 376,066 | 121,169 | |
2,132,612 |
Shares | Market Value ($000) | ||
United Kingdom (6.3%) | |||
AstraZeneca plc | 23,788,965 | 2,388,542 | |
Smith & Nephew plc | 13,455,498 | 233,643 | |
Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc | 6,910,934 | 224,699 | |
* | Abcam plc ADR | 2,246,707 | 42,687 |
2,889,571 | |||
United States (69.8%) | |||
UnitedHealth Group Inc. | 8,871,751 | 2,707,126 | |
Pfizer Inc. | 72,936,910 | 2,587,802 | |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 34,010,542 | 1,987,916 | |
Abbott Laboratories | 14,223,691 | 1,495,052 | |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 3,088,362 | 1,461,166 | |
Eli Lilly and Co. | 11,071,078 | 1,444,333 | |
* | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2,556,310 | 1,389,508 |
* | Boston Scientific Corp. | 37,324,719 | 1,279,118 |
Anthem Inc. | 4,679,915 | 1,276,681 | |
Danaher Corp. | 5,108,839 | 1,172,683 | |
* | Biogen Inc. | 3,989,586 | 1,005,655 |
*,1 | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 8,117,856 | 998,253 |
* | Incyte Corp. | 10,484,320 | 908,362 |
HCA Healthcare Inc. | 7,140,216 | 884,958 | |
* | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 4,200,114 | 875,136 |
*,1,3 | Mylan NV | 50,185,811 | 729,702 |
* | Edwards Lifesciences Corp. | 9,400,502 | 673,922 |
Humana Inc. | 1,655,355 | 660,950 | |
Cerner Corp. | 9,158,457 | 641,916 | |
* | Centene Corp. | 9,573,772 | 565,810 |
Stryker Corp. | 2,696,816 | 544,784 | |
Baxter International Inc. | 6,195,573 | 480,591 | |
Medtronic plc | 4,699,327 | 472,611 | |
Universal Health Services Inc. Class B | 3,564,112 | 390,448 | |
Merck & Co. Inc. | 5,129,201 | 385,767 | |
* | Elanco Animal Health Inc. | 11,712,265 | 363,197 |
Agilent Technologies Inc. | 3,049,141 | 311,287 | |
* | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | 1,387,554 | 277,192 |
*,1 | Bluebird Bio Inc. | 5,338,722 | 276,065 |
*,1 | Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 6,435,516 | 257,871 |
*,1 | Alkermes plc | 13,605,397 | 221,088 |
* | Seagen Inc. | 1,304,756 | 217,633 |
*,1 | Nektar Therapeutics Class A | 13,392,612 | 212,139 |
Teleflex Inc. | 652,004 | 207,487 | |
* | Intuitive Surgical Inc. | 291,269 | 194,300 |
* | Illumina Inc. | 618,833 | 181,132 |
* | PPD Inc. | 5,428,172 | 178,478 |
* | Mirati Therapeutics Inc. | 734,259 | 159,437 |
* | Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc. | 4,337,455 | 154,630 |
* | Ascendis Pharma A/S ADR | 942,809 | 154,008 |
* | IQVIA Holdings Inc. | 950,511 | 146,369 |
* | PRA Health Sciences Inc. | 1,412,629 | 137,647 |
* | Hologic Inc. | 1,827,072 | 125,739 |
* | Molina Healthcare Inc. | 657,961 | 122,690 |
* | Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc. Class A | 976,600 | 113,979 |
* | Envista Holdings Corp. | 4,293,467 | 113,433 |
* | Exact Sciences Corp. | 911,215 | 112,836 |
Royalty Pharma plc Class A | 3,053,455 | 112,062 | |
* | Penumbra Inc. | 414,598 | 108,223 |
*,1 | Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. Class A | 10,902,066 | 107,712 |
*,1 | Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. | 9,845,231 | 99,240 |
Shares | Market Value ($000) | ||
Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. | 895,896 | 81,589 | |
* | Quidel Corp. | 286,797 | 76,945 |
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. | 439,900 | 66,654 | |
* | Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. | 463,410 | 62,982 |
Encompass Health Corp. | 796,710 | 48,846 | |
* | PTC Therapeutics Inc. | 868,354 | 45,319 |
* | Turning Point Therapeutics Inc. | 424,352 | 39,121 |
* | Amneal Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 9,306,210 | 38,714 |
32,146,294 | |||
Total Common Stocks (Cost $28,962,556) | 44,852,549 | ||
Temporary Cash Investments (3.0%) | |||
Money Market Fund (0.0%) | |||
4,5 | Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund 0.112% | 43,481 | 4,348 |
Face Amount ($000) | |||
Repurchase Agreements (2.6%) | |||
Bank of America Securities, LLC, 0.090%, 11/2/20 (Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $125,601,000, collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 2.000%, 9/1/50, with a value of $128,112,000) | 125,600 | 125,600 | |
Bank of Nova Scotia, 0.070%, 11/2/20 (Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $369,302,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes/Bonds, 0.125%–4.375%, 5/31/21–8/15/49, with a value of $376,688,000) | 369,300 | 369,300 | |
Barclays, 0.070%, 11/2/20 (Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $47,100,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes/Bonds, 2.750%, 6/30/25, with a value of $48,042,000) | 47,100 | 47,100 | |
BNP Paribas, 0.080%, 11/2/20 (Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $52,100,000, collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 2.316%–6.000%, 7/1/23–4/1/50, Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.500%, 4/1/32, Government National Mortgage Associataion, 2.500%–6.500%, 2/15/32–6/20/50, U.S. Treasury Notes/Bonds, 1.375%–7.875%, 2/15/21–5/15/46 and U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.000%, 3/25/21, with a value of $53,142,000) | 52,100 | 52,100 | |
Credit Agricole Securities, 0.070%, 11/2/20 (Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $48,300,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes/Bonds, 3.375%, 5/15/44, with a value of $49,266,000) | 48,300 | 48,300 | |
HSBC Bank USA, 0.070%, 11/2/20 (Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $41,600,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes/Bonds, 1.875%–4.625%, 9/30/22–2/15/40, with a value of $42,432,000) | 41,600 | 41,600 | |
HSBC Bank USA, 0.090%, 11/2/20 (Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $161,401,000, collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 3.500%–4.500%, 2/1/35–2/1/50 and Federal National Mortgage Association, 2.500%–5.000%, 12/1/25–10/1/50, with a value of $164,628,000) | 161,400 | 161,400 | |
Naxtixis SA, 0.070%, 11/2/20 (Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $208,801,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Notes/Bonds, 0.125%–5.375%, 1/31/21–8/15/45 and U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes/Bonds, 0.125%–1.125%, 1/15/21–2/15/42, with a value of $212,976,000) | 208,800 | 208,800 |
Face Amount ($000) | Market Value ($000) | ||
Nomura International plc, 0.070%, 11/2/20 (Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $99,801,000, collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bill, 0.000%, 11/5/20–4/29/21, with a value of $101,796,000) | 99,800 | 99,800 | |
RBC Capital Markets LLC, 0.080%, 11/2/20 (Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $10,700,000, collateralized by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 2.500%, 10/1/50 and Federal National Mortgage Association, 2.000%–4.000%, 5/1/47–8/1/50, with a value of $10,914,000) | 10,700 | 10,700 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., 0.090%, 11/2/20 (Dated 10/30/20, Repurchase Value $37,300,000, collateralized by Federal National Mortgage Association, 2.000%, 10/1/50, with a value of $38,046,000) | 37,300 | 37,300 | |
1,202,000 | |||
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (0.4%) | |||
U.S. Cash Management Bill, 0.091%, 2/16/21 | 75,000 | 74,980 | |
U.S. Cash Management Bill, 0.103%, 4/6/21 | 75,000 | 74,967 | |
149,947 | |||
Total Temporary Cash Investments (Cost $1,356,294) | 1,356,295 | ||
Total Investments (100.4%) (Cost $30,318,850) | 46,208,844 | ||
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-0.4%) | (168,946) | ||
Net Assets (100%) | 46,039,898 | ||
Cost is in $000. |
* | Non-income-producing security. |
1 | Considered an affiliated company of the fund as the fund owns more than 5% of the outstanding voting securities of such company. |
2 | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At October 31, 2020, the aggregate value was $309,785,000, representing 0.7% of net assets. |
3 | Includes partial security positions on loan to broker-dealers. The total value of securities on loan is $4,122,000. |
4 | Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield. |
5 | Collateral of $4,253,000 was received for securities on loan. |
ADR—American Depositary Receipt. |
Level 1 ($000) | Level 2 ($000) | Level 3 ($000) | Total ($000) | |
Investments | ||||
Assets | ||||
Common Stocks—North and South America | 32,165,764 | — | — | 32,165,764 |
Common Stocks—Other | 453,303 | 12,233,482 | — | 12,686,785 |
Temporary Cash Investments | 4,348 | 1,351,947 | — | 1,356,295 |
Total | 32,623,415 | 13,585,429 | — | 46,208,844 |
Current Period Transactions | ||||||||
Jan. 31, 2020 Market Value ($000) | Purchases at Cost ($000) | Proceeds from Securities Sold ($000) | Realized Net Gain (Loss) ($000) | Change in Unrealized App. (Dep.) ($000) | Income ($000) | Capital Gain Distributions Received ($000) | Oct. 31, 2020 Market Value ($000) | |
Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 313,603 | — | — | — | (55,732) | — | — | 257,871 |
Alkermes plc | 232,465 | 3,802 | — | — | (15,179) | — | — | 221,088 |
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. | 84,472 | — | — | — | 14,768 | — | — | 99,240 |
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 1,064,513 | — | 168,177 | 58,180 | 43,737 | — | — | 998,253 |
Bluebird Bio Inc. | 366,946 | 38,683 | — | — | (129,564) | — | — | 276,065 |
Eisai Co. Ltd. | 1,391,076 | — | 47,794 | (692) | 45,792 | 12,331 | — | 1,388,382 |
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. Class A | 127,468 | 3,300 | — | — | (23,056) | — | — | 107,712 |
Mylan NV | 978,113 | 68,995 | — | — | (317,406) | — | — | 729,702 |
Nektar Therapeutics Class A | 266,379 | — | — | — | (54,240) | — | — | 212,139 |
Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc. | NA1 | 8,333 | 84,216 | (78,477) | 108,272 | — | — | — |
UCB SA | 1,060,486 | — | 131,275 | 30,623 | 51,403 | 12,679 | — | 1,011,237 |
Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund | 115,658 | NA2 | NA2 | (7) | (18) | — | — | 4,348 |
Total | 6,001,179 | 9,627 | (331,223) | 25,010 | — | 5,306,037 |
1 | Not applicable—at January 31, 2020, the issuer was not an affiliated company of the fund. |
2 | Not applicable—purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes. |