Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
07 March 2003



               REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC

AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 6 March 2003, it purchased for cancellation
500,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2013 pence per share.
Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be
1,716,381,329.





G H R Musker

Company Secretary

7 March 2003


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