Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
22 November 2002

                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 21 November 2002, it purchased for
cancellation 300,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2503 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,723,350,066.







G H R Musker
Company Secretary
22 November 2002


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