RNS Number:9403P
AstraZeneca PLC
19 September 2003

                    REPURCHASE OF SHARES IN ASTRAZENECA PLC





AstraZeneca PLC announced that on 18 September 2003, it purchased for
cancellation 140,500 ordinary shares of AstraZeneca PLC at a price of 2653 pence
per share. Upon the cancellation of these shares, the number of shares in issue
will be 1,707,495,308.







G H R Musker

Company Secretary

19 September 2003


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