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        <issuerName>REPLIGEN CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RGEN</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>BARTHELEMY NICOLAS</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>WALTHAM</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Mr. Barthelemy was awarded 534 restricted stock units. Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of Repligen Corporation's Common Stock. The restricted stock units vest on the earlier of May 26, 2023, one year from the grant date, or the date of the next annual meeting of the Company's shareholders, which has not yet been determined. The restricted stock units may be settled only by delivering shares of Repligen Corporation's Common Stock, and thus, the grant is being reported in Table 1 as allowed per SEC guidance.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Award vests in full on the earlier of May 26, 2023, one year from grant date, or on the date of the next annual meeting of the Company's shareholders, which has not yet been determined.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Kimberly Brown (Attorney in Fact)</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-05-31</signatureDate>
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