Singapore, April 12 -- The World Orphan Drug Alliance (WODA), a global alliance of commercial distributors dedicated to providing access to treatments for rare diseases and specialty medicines in complex markets around the world, has expanded its reach to include Japan and South Korea, as well as the African subcontinent.

The addition of two new members, Nxera Pharma (formerly Sosei Heptares) and Veld Pharmaceuticals, brings the total number of countries covered by WODA to 156 and provides access to 200 million rare disease patients.

This expansion is an important step towards WODA's goal of providing access to rare disease treatments to patients worldwide.

The Japan and South Korean region will be covered by Nxera Pharma, a technolog...