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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001192482-06-000125
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060217
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060221
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060221

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Schwartz Eric
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001329100

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-50674
		FILM NUMBER:		06632473

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6106448990

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ANIMAS CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		200 LAWRENCE STREET
		CITY:			WEST CHESTER
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19380

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ANIMAS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001033660
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES [3842]
		IRS NUMBER:				212860912
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 LAWRENCE DRIVE
		CITY:			WEST CHESTER
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19380
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6106448990

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 LAWRENCE DRIVE
		CITY:			WEST CHESTER
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19380
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    <periodOfReport>2006-02-17</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001033660</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ANIMAS CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PUMP</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001329100</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Schwartz Eric</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O ANIMAS CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>200 LAWRENCE DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WEST CHESTER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>19380</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>VP &amp; General Counsel</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Emplouyee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>17.91</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-02-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>20000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>6.59</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-05-31</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
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            </underlyingSecurity>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This option, which provided for vesting in three annual installments with 30% vesting on May 31, 2006, 35% vesting on May 31, 2007 and 35% vesting on May 31, 2008, was canceled pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 16, 2005, among Animas Corporation, Johnson &amp; Johnson and Emerald Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson &amp; Johnson, in exchange for a cash payment equal to the excess of the $24.50 per share merger consideration over the per share exercise price of the option, multiplied by the number of shares of common stock subject to the option.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Richard A. Baron, Attorney In Fact for Eric Schwartz</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-02-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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