<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001012975-17-000719.txt : 20170926
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170926183633
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001012975-17-000719
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170922
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170926
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170926

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CZEREPAK ELIZABETH
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001263500

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32587
		FILM NUMBER:		171102944

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		201 ROUTE 17 NORTH
		CITY:			RUTHERFORD
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07070

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Altimmune, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001326190
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				202726770
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		19 FIRSTFIELD ROAD
		CITY:			GAITHERSBURG
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20878
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2406541450

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		19 FIRSTFIELD ROAD
		CITY:			GAITHERSBURG
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20878

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PHARMATHENE, INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20071016

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050505
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        <issuerName>Altimmune, Inc.</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>20878</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>CFO and EVP Corp. Development</officerTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The option becomes exercisable, if at all, on March 31, 2019, in three equal one-third increments if the average daily closing price of Altimmune, Inc.'s common stock on Nasdaq for 10 consecutive trading days between September 22, 2017 and December 31, 2018 is at or above one of three specified thresholds, respectively.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Ori Solomon, Attorney in fact for Elizabeth Czerepak</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-09-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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