RNS Number:3268S
AstraZeneca PLC
21 November 2003

                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 20 November 2003, it purchased for
cancellation 800,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2701 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,698,397,717.




G H R Musker
Company Secretary
21 November 2003


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