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    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2022-08-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001938678</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Hughes Eric A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>C/O 124 DVORA HANEVI'A ST.</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TEL AVIV</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>L3</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode></rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>ISRAEL</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>See &quot;Remarks&quot;</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>Executive Vice President, Global R&amp;D and Chief Medical Officer</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Dov Bergwerk as attorney-in-fact for Eric A. Hughes</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-08-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
