Notice of Results

AstraZeneca PLC
25 July 2001




AstraZeneca Half Year Results 2001



Tomorrow, Thursday, 26 July 2001, AstraZeneca will be releasing its first Half
Year results 2001 at 11:00BST.



The analyst presentation at 13:00 BST will be followed by a Q&A session which
can be joined, live, via teleconference on the following numbers: UK: 0800 027
0106, for Europe: [phone] and for the US: [phone].  These
numbers, as well as details of the replay facility available through 5 August
2001, are also available on the Investor Relations part of the AstraZeneca
website at www.astrazeneca.com.  A live webcast of the presentation will also
be available on this site.