US pharma firms speed up work on coronavirus vaccine: Donald Trump

"We're talking about a vaccine. They are moving along very quickly. All pharmaceutical companies are moving along very quickly," Trump said

Some of the American pharmaceutical companies have speed up their work towards finding a vaccine for the new coronavirus strain, President Donald Trump said on Monday, ahead of a meeting with executives of drug companies.

"I'm meeting with the pharmaceutical companies later on this afternoon. We have a big meeting with the biggest companies...we're talking about a vaccine... maybe a cure; it's possible. So, we'll see about that," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office of the White House.

"We're talking about a vaccine. They are moving along very quickly. All pharmaceutical companies are moving along very quickly,"