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MERRILL LYNCH HEALTHCARE FUND, INC.
August 30, 1994
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Healthcare Fund, Inc.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 15 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 2-80150;
Investment Company Act File No. 811-3595)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Healthcare Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") hereby certifies
that:
(1) the form of prospectus and statement of additional information that
would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497 (c) under the 1933 Act
would not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 15 under the 1933 Act (the "Amendment") to the Fund's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A (the "Registration Statement"),
constituting the most recent amendment to the Registration Statement;
and
(2) the text of the Amendment to the Registration Statement was filed
electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August
26, 1994.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH HEALTHCARE FUND,
INC.
By: /s/ Robert Harris
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Authorized Signatory
