Podophyllin office therapy against condyloma should be abandoned. Von Krogh et al (Sex Transm Inf 2001;77:409–12). The author Dr G Von Krogh inadvertently failed to disclose that he had received consultancy fees or reimbursement of expenses to attend educational meetings relating to anogenital papilloma virus infection from the following companies: 3M, Perstorp, Stiefel, Oclassen, and MSD. In addition clinical trials on anogenital HPV infection had been funded within his department by both 3M and MSD.