The Brazilian Ministry of Health, through the Department of Pharmaceutical Assistance and Strategic Inputs (DAF) of the Secretariat of Science, Technology, Innovation and Strategic Inputs in Health, held on December 10 and 12, 2019, the VII Brazilian Congress on the Rational Use of Medicines (VII CBURM). The event, held in the city of Brasília, had as its central theme: "Challenges and perspectives for the rational use of medicines in interprofessional practice".