Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
19 November 2001

                   REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC



AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 16 November 2001, it purchased for
cancellation 200,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 3211
pence per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares
in issue will be 1,750,268,396.







G H R Musker

Company Secretary

19 November 2001