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WASHINGTON — America’s drug price debate is coming to the Supreme Court.

How the nation’s highest court rules in a case that, on its face, has nothing to do with prescription drugs could, nonetheless, leave a big mark on medicine. Oral arguments in the case, to be heard Monday, come as a huge majority of Americans say medicines are not affordable and drug costs have become a major issue in the 2016 presidential race.

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Brand-name pharmaceutical manufacturers are warning that the wrong ruling could limit their ability to recoup their investment in research and development, putting their drug pipelines at risk.

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