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    <periodOfReport>2020-12-02</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BSTC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001375378</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Gitman Paul</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O BIOSPECIFICS TECHNOLOGIES CORP.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2 RIGHTER PKWY, DE CORP CENTER II</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WILMINGTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>DE</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>19803</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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                <value>Common Stock, $0.001 par value</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2020-12-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>16890</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1726</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.001 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2020-12-02</value>
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            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Upon the consummation of the merger (the &quot;Merger&quot;) contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among BioSpecifics Technologies Corp., Endo International plc, and Beta Acquisition Corp., dated October 19, 2020 (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), 16,890 shares of common stock were exchanged for a cash payment of $1,494,765.00, representing the product obtained by multiplying the offer price ($88.50) by the number of shares owned by the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Upon the consummation of the Merger, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, 1,726 outstanding restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) were cancelled in exchange for a cash payment of $152,751.00, representing the product obtained by multiplying (x) the aggregate number of shares of common stock underlying the RSUs, by (y) the offer price ($88.50).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Paul Gitman, by Carl A. Valenstein, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-12-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
