WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) announced that the Modernizing Accelerated Approval Act, legislation she co-authored with Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), was signed into law as part of the year-end government funding package. The Modernizing Accelerated Approval Act will make significant improvements to the FDA's accelerated approval pathway, an important regulatory mechanism that provides early access to tre  more