Report and Accounts Published

AstraZeneca PLC
28 February 2002

 ASTRAZENECA PLC ANNOUNCES PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL REPORT AND RETIREMENT OF LARS
                                    RAMQVIST


AstraZeneca PLC announces that today, 28 February 2002, it has published its
2001 Annual Report and Annual Review.


The Company's AGM is to be held on 25 April 2002.


As stated in the Annual Report, with effect from the conclusion of the AGM, Lars
Ramqvist - currently a Non-Executive Director and the Chairman of the
Remuneration Committee - will retire from the Board of Directors of the Company
after 8 years' service as a Director of Astra AB and AstraZeneca PLC.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary

28 February 2002



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