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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-09-001734.txt : 20090106
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-09-001734.hdr.sgml : 20090106
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090106170032
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-09-001734
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090105
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090106
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090106

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FERGUSSON FRANCES D
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001249038

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-01225
		FILM NUMBER:		09510678

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		VASSAR COLLEGE
		STREET 2:		OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
		CITY:			POUGHKEEPSIE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12604-0043

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		VASSAR COLLEGE
		STREET 2:		BOX 43
		CITY:			POUGHKEEPSIE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12604-0043

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WYETH
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000005187
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				132526821
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 GIRALDA FARMS
		CITY:			MADISON
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07940
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9736605000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 GIRALDA FARMS
		CITY:			MADISON
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07940

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020308

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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        <issuerName>WYETH</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WYE</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001249038</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>FERGUSSON FRANCES D</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>WYETH</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>5 GIRALDA FARMS</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MADISON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>07940</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-01-05</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>800</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3200</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock (Restricted Stock Trust)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Restricted Stock Trust</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Grant of Restricted Stock under the 1994 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes dividend equivalents credited under the Restricted Stock Trust exempt pursuant to Rule 16a-11.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Tara J. Gabbai, Attorney-in-Fact for Frances D. Fergusson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-01-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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