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        <footnote id="F1">Director compensation in the form of a Restricted Stock Grant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Options granted under E-Z-EM's Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Options granted under E-Z-EM's 2004 Stock and Incentive Award Plan.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Joseph A. Cacchioli, as Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-11-03</signatureDate>
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4
2005-11-01
0
0000727008
EZ EM INC
EZEM
0001235633
BECKMAN ROBERT J
47 BROOK FARM ROAD
BEDFORD
NY
10506
1
0
0
0
Common Stock
2005-11-01
4
A
0
1000
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A
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D
Common Stock Option
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2004-05-31
2013-05-30
Common Stock
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912.00
D
Common Stock Option
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2005-05-29
2014-05-28
Common Stock
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D
Common Stock Option
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Common Stock
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Common Stock Option
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Common Stock
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D
Common Stock Option
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2006-05-28
2015-05-27
Common Stock
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4000.00
D
Director compensation in the form of a Restricted Stock Grant.
Options granted under E-Z-EM's Directors and Consultants Stock Option Plan.
Options granted under E-Z-EM's 2004 Stock and Incentive Award Plan.
By: Joseph A. Cacchioli, as Attorney-In-Fact
2005-11-03