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EA Pharma Co., Ltd. and Ensho Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the two companies have signed a worldwide exclusive license agreement for the rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize novel oral inflammatory bowel disease treatments EA1080 and a portfolio of other oral selective α4β7 integrin antagonists for the global market excluding Japan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, Taiwan and ASEAN.

In the company’s first-quarter earnings call Tuesday, J&J CEO Joaquin Duato said there’s a better way to encourage drug manufacturing in the U.S. than President Donald Trump’s threatened pharma tariffs.

Johnson & Johnson’s Joaquin Duato is no longer the highest paid CEO in pharma. Meanwhile, just two women make the top 10.

Playing both sides of trade war, pharma companies are asking for certain compensations for scientific innovation and a smoother regulatory framework.

Pharma’s reprieve from Donald Trump’s tariffs is expected to be temporary, with Leerink analysts anticipating possible sector-specific duties “in the next month or so.”

Wegovy and Zepbound are just the latest drug dyads to face-off in the competitive pharma market, continuing a legacy of rivalry that includes blockbuster drugs Keytruda, Humira and Eliquis.