Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
20 November 2001


                   REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 19 November 2001, it purchased for
cancellation 200,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 3201
pence per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares
in issue will be 1,750,068,396.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary
20 November 2001