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Fig. 1 | BMC Medical Ethics

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From: Ethical and coordinative challenges in setting up a national cohort study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

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Ethics application process in NAPKON. *Germany has 17 medical state associations with specific regulations for the ethical consultation of physicians. Some ethics committees perform an in-depth review of each new study, while others accept the ethical approval of the primary ethics committee [23]. Bavaria is the only one not to require further ethics applications after the primary vote [24] 1 with own university ethics committee; 2 without own university ethics committee; SUEP = Cross-Sectoral Platform; HAP = High-Resolution Platform. Created with BioRender.com

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BMC Medical Ethics

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