Affordable drug deliveries

GULFPORT, Miss. — Pharmaceutical companies in Mississippi failed to secure a preliminary injunction in federal court against the state’s Defending Affordable Prescription Drug Costs Act, which requires manufacturers participating in Medicare and Medicaid Part B to deliver drugs sold through the discounted federal Section 340B program to certain contract pharmacies. They say this explodes their responsibilities, but they couldn’t show the court they are likely to win on the merits.