Transaction in Own Shares

AstraZeneca PLC
30 July 2007



                     REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC



Further to the announcement of its irrevocable, non-discretionary share
repurchase programme for the period 2 July 2007 to 31 October 2007, AstraZeneca
PLC announced that under the terms of that programme it purchased for
cancellation 222,305 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2580 pence
per share on 27 July 2007. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of
shares in issue will be 1,492,032,487.



G H R Musker
Company Secretary
30 July 2007





                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange