21 U.S.C. § 379d–5 — Guidance document regarding product promotion using the Internet

Within 2 years of July 9, 2012 — so by July 2014 — the Secretary of Health and Human Services must issue guidance. This guidance must explain FDA policy on promoting medical products using the Internet. That includes promotion on social media. The guidance covers any medical product the FDA regulates, such as drugs and devices. The law doesn't spell out what the guidance must say beyond that — only that the Secretary must issue it, and that it must cover Internet and social-media promotion of regulated medical products.