Themes and sectors
Healthcare funds and ETFs
Pharmaceutical, biotech and medical-equipment companies.
Go to the 30 funds- Funds with a price
- 30
- Typical ongoing charge
- 0.35% a year · £35 on £10,000
- Lowest ongoing charge
- 0.12% a year
How to compare healthcare funds
What differs from one fund to the next. None of it says which fund to choose.
- What it follows
- The index a tracker copies, or the strategy a manager follows. Two funds on the same index hold much the same companies. Index funds
- Ongoing charge
- Taken from the fund’s value every year. 0.20% is about £20 a year on £10,000, before any platform fee. Ongoing charges figure
- Income
- Accumulating share classes reinvest income inside the fund; distributing ones pay it out as cash. Accumulating or distributing
- Currency
- Hedged share classes aim to take out currency moves against the pound; unhedged ones keep them. Currency hedging
- Returns after inflation
- Past returns with UK inflation (CPIH) taken out, dated and sourced. They say nothing certain about the future. How real returns are worked out
- Holdings overlap
- How much of two funds is the same companies at the same weights. A high figure means owning both is close to owning one. Compare two funds
Funds (30)
All 30 healthcare funds, ordered by fund size, largest first. An order is not a ranking of quality.
| Fund | Charge | 1 year | 5 years | 5y real (return over 5 years after inflation) | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XWHSXtrackers MSCI World Health Care UCITS ETFXtrackersIE00BM67HK77ETFISASIPP | 0.25% | +20.6% | +37.0% | +6.9% | £3.5bn |
| IHCUiShares S&P 500 Health Care Sector UCITS ETFiSharesIE00B43HR379ETFISASIPP | 0.15% | +27.9% | +51.9% | +18.6% | £2.7bn |
| DRDRiShares Healthcare Innovation UCITS ETFiSharesIE00BYZK4776ETFISASIPP | 0.40% | +33.7% | +14.8% | −10.4% | £1.2bn |
| XSHCXtrackers MSCI USA Health Care UCITS ETFXtrackersIE00BCHWNW54ETFISASIPP | 0.12% | +23.2% | +45.3% | +13.4% | £1.0bn |
| BTEKiShares NASDAQ US Biotechnology UCITS ETFiSharesIE00BYXG2H39ETFISASIPP | 0.35% | +37.8% | +53.8% | +20.1% | £938m |
| CH5Amundi STOXX Europe 600 Healthcare UCITS ETF -Acc- CapitalisationAmundiLU1834986900ETFISASIPP | 0.30% | +15.2% | +26.3% | −1.4% | £822m |
| ESIHiShares MSCIEurope Health Care Sector UCITS ETF AccumEURiSharesIE00BMW42181ETFISASIPP | 0.18% | +16.3% | +24.0% | −3.2% | £798m |
| 0DW6Amundi MSCI World Health Care UCITS ETF EUR ACCAmundiLU0533033238ETFISASIPP | 0.30% | +22.6% | +37.4% | +7.2% | £772m |
| AGESiShares Ageing Population UCITS ETFiSharesIE00BYZK4669ETFISASIPP | 0.40% | +15.7% | +37.4% | +7.3% | £670m |
| 0MP1iShares STOXX Europe 600 Health Care UCITS ETF (DE)iSharesDE000A0Q4R36ETFISASIPP | 0.46% | +15.4% | +25.9% | −1.7% | £615m |
| HEAWState Street SPDR MSCI World Health Care UCITS ETF Accum.Ptg. USDSPDRIE00BYTRRB94ETFISASIPP | 0.30% | +20.5% | +36.5% | +6.6% | £600m |
| HEAEState Street SPDR MSCI Europe Health Care UCITS ETF Accum Ptg EURSPDRIE00BKWQ0H23ETFISASIPP | 0.18% | +16.3% | +30.9% | +2.2% | £553m |
| GXLVSSgA SPDR ETFs Europe II Plc - S&P US Health Care Sel. Sec. UCITS ETF Accum Ptg USDSPDRIE00BWBXM617ETFISASIPP | 0.15% | +27.9% | +31.3% | +2.5% | £482m |
| XLVPInvesco Health Care S&P US Select Sector UCITS ETFInvescoIE00B3WMTH43ETFISASIPP | 0.14% | +26.3% | +50.0% | +17.1% | £469m |
| SBIXInvesco NASDAQ Biotech UCITS ETFInvescoIE00BQ70R696ETFISASIPP | 0.40% | +37.9% | +54.1% | +20.3% | £441m |
| WHCAiShares MSCI World Health Care Sector Advanced UCITS ETF Acc USDiSharesIE0009QS7W62ETFISASIPP | 0.18% | +21.2% | +25.7% | −1.9% | £377m |
| XSDRXtrackers MSCI Europe Health Care Screened UCITS ETF-1C- CapitalisationXtrackersLU0292103222ETFISASIPP | 0.20% | +16.0% | +28.5% | +0.3% | £302m |
| DOCGL&G Healthcare Technology & Innovation UCITS ETF Acc USDL&GIE00BK5BC677ETFISASIPP | 0.49% | +37.3% | −0.4% | −22.2% | £280m |
| GNOGGlobal X Genomics & Biotechnology UCITS ETFGlobal XIE00BM8R0N95ETFISASIPP | 0.50% | +56.2% | −23.1% | −40.0% | £104m |
| ARCGArk Genomic Revolution Ucits ETF AccumUSDARKIE000O5M6XO1ETFISASIPP | 0.79% | +69.3% | Not available | Not available | £86.8m |
| HLTWAmundi MSCI World Health Care UCITS ETF USD ACCAmundiLU0533033311ETFISASIPP | 0.30% | +22.4% | +36.8% | +6.8% | £83.1m |
| BTEEiShares NASDAQ US Biotechnology UCITS ETF DistiSharesIE00BDZVHG35ETFISASIPP | 0.35% | +38.2% | +53.5% | +19.8% | £57.0m |
| SDG3Xtrackers MSCI Global SDG 3 Good Health UCITS ETFXtrackersIE00036F4K40ETFISASIPP | 0.35% | +18.9% | Not available | Not available | £22.7m |
| CURGVanEck Genomics and Healthcare Innovators UCITS ETF Accum A USDVanEckIE000B9PQW54ETFISASIPP | 0.35% | +27.9% | Not available | Not available | £18.4m |
| FBTFirst Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology UCITS ETF Accum A USDFirst TrustIE00BL0L0H60ETFISASIPP | 0.60% | +37.3% | +53.1% | +19.5% | £13.3m |
| 0MT7Invesco STOXX Europe 600 Optimised Health Care UCITS ETFInvescoIE00B5MJYY16ETFISASIPP | 0.20% | +12.4% | +25.6% | −2.0% | £11.9m |
| WHCGInvesco S&P World Health Care ESG UCITS ETF AccumUSDInvescoIE000L4EH2K5ETFISASIPP | 0.18% | +23.5% | Not available | Not available | £11.8m |
| XGESXtrackers IE Plc - MSCI Genomic Healthcare Innov UCITS ETFXtrackersIE000KD0BZ68ETFISASIPP | 0.36% | +30.9% | Not available | Not available | £10.8m |
| WELPHarbor Health Care UCITS ETF Acc -A- USDHANetfIE00BJQTJ848ETFISASIPP | 0.59% | +11.8% | −23.1% | −40.0% | £9.4m |
| EDOCGlobal X Telemedicine & Digital Health UCITS ETF Acc USDGlobal XIE00BLR6QB00ETFISASIPP | 0.68% | +14.5% | −30.3% | −45.6% | £4.0m |
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Funds by the index they track
Each page lists every UK fund on one index, by name, with charges and share classes. These are the indices most of the healthcare funds here track.
- Nasdaq Biotechnology funds (3 here)
Questions people ask
What are healthcare funds?
Pharmaceutical, biotech and medical-equipment companies.
How many healthcare funds does Fundology track?
Fundology holds a recorded closing price for 30 UK-listed healthcare funds open to UK investors. The list changes as funds launch and close.
How much do healthcare funds cost?
The typical (median) ongoing charge among the healthcare funds Fundology tracks is 0.35% a year, about £35 a year on every £10,000. The lowest is 0.12%. The charge is taken from the fund’s value rather than billed, and a lower charge does not mean a higher return.
What is worth checking when comparing healthcare funds?
The index or strategy each fund follows, its ongoing charge, whether it reinvests income or pays it out, currency hedging, its size, and how much its holdings overlap with funds already held.
How is this list ordered?
By fund size, largest first, unless another order is chosen. Size says how widely a fund is held, not how good it is, and no order on this page is a recommendation.
Related groups
Funds that focus on one idea or industry rather than a whole market.