Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
26 November 2002



                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 25 November 2002, it purchased for
cancellation 500,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2430 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,722,420,066.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary
26 November 2002


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