RNS Number:5804P
AstraZeneca PLC
10 September 2003


                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC


AstraZeneca PLC announces that on 9 September 2003, it purchased for
cancellation 500,000 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2671 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,710,024,808.


G H R Musker
Company Secretary
10 September 2003


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

POSUKRBROORKRAR