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    <periodOfReport>2020-03-03</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000818686</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TEVA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001726010</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Dethlefs Sven</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>5 BASEL STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PETACH TIKVA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>L3</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>4951033</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>ISRAEL</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP Global Marketing&amp;Portfolio</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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                <value>Ordinary Shares</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2020-03-03</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1399</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>19459.7</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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            <transactionAmounts>
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                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
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            <exerciseDate>
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            <expirationDate>
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                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The Ordinary Shares may be represented by American Depositary Shares, each of which currently represents one Ordinary Share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Each restricted share unit represents a contingent right to receive, at settlement, one ordinary share or, at the option of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, the cash value of one ordinary share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Restricted share units were granted on March 3, 2017, with 1,399 vesting on each of March 3, 2018, March 3, 2019 and March 3, 2020 and 1,400 vesting on March 3, 2021.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Dov Bergwerk as attorney-in-fact for Sven Dethlefs</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-03-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
