The pharmaceutical industry’s response to the novel coronavirus may not rescue its ailing reputation. But it will, apparently, be televised — and the footage could nudge the public’s perception of how the drug business works.

That, at least, is the thinking behind a 30-minute weekly show from the multinational drug company Johnson & Johnson being launched Tuesday. The eight-episode series, which will be broadcast live online, will focus on the company’s efforts to find a vaccine for the virus that causes Covid-19. J&J hired journalist Lisa Ling, of CNN’s “This Is Life,” to host the program.