Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
15 November 2002

                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC



AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 14 November 2002, it purchased for
cancellation 300,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2494 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,724,396,765.







G H R Musker

Company Secretary

15 November 2002


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