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Audun Brendbekken Audun Brendbekken

PhD Candidate - University of Bergen
Norway

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I am currently a PhD Candidate at the Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (BCEPS), within the Department for Global Health and Primary Care. My background is as a medical doctor from the University of Bergen, and I hold a Bachelors degree in Economics and Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics. I am also a UWC Atlantic College alumni. I also works as secretary to the Clinical Ethics Committee at Haukeland University Hospital.

My PhD project concerns high-cost therapies and priority setting within a Norwegian context, with a focus on high-cost drugs against rare diseases. The project applies both qualitative and quantitative methods in following such drugs from public deliberation to clinical rationing. Priority-setting is challenged by the high cost and long-term evidence uncertainty of these drugs. The aim is to gain knowledge on public preferences for rare disease therapeutics and on the mechanisms for their clinical rationing. Findings will add to literature gaps and be relevant to clinicians, decision-makers, and patients.