President Donald Trump said Monday he’s asked pharmaceutical companies to speed up work on a coronavirus vaccine, as he met with drug-company executives.

The president, joined by Vice President Mike Pence and members of the administration’s coronavirus task force, met with the executives at the White House Monday afternoon. The chief executives of companies including GlaxoSmithKline GSK, -0.10% , Inovio Pharmaceuticals INO, -19.92% and Moderna Inc. MRNA, -4.56% were scheduled to attend, the White House said.