Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
12 November 2001

                   REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 9 November 2001, it purchased for
cancellation 200,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 3255
pence per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares
in issue will be 1,750,989,034.




G H R Musker
Company Secretary
12 November 2001