Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
21 December 1999

REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC

AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 20 December 1999, it purchased for
cancellation 1,000,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 
2527 pence per share.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary
21 December 1999