Purchase of Own Securities

AstraZeneca PLC
19 November 2003

                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC

AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 18 November 2003, it purchased for
cancellation 400,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2805 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,699,193,617.



G H R Musker
Company Secretary
19 November 2003


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