RNS Number:6609I
AstraZeneca PLC
13 March 2003

                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC





AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 12 March 2003, it purchased for cancellation
700,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 1839 pence per share.
Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue will be
1,714,629,329.







G H R Musker

Company Secretary

13 March 2003


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