Martha Neagu Ariside

Senior Medical Director AbbVie

Martha is a physician scientist and clinical investigator with expertise in oncology drug development. Her principal interest is in developing tumor targeting therapies including antibody drug conjugates for patients with advanced cancer.

Martha obtained her MD/PhD degrees at Columbia University and continued her clinical training in Neurology at Harvard Medical School (HMS). During her internal medicine training, she became interested in oncology and pursued additional fellowship training in Neuro-Oncology. As HMS junior faculty, Martha’s research focused novel immunotherapy targets for the treatment of glioblastoma and she established a neuro-oncology department at the Boston Veteran’s Affairs Hospital.

She joined AbbVie in 2018 where she completed the Physician Development Program after which she joined the oncology early development group and followed Telisotuzumab Adizutecan as a senior medical director in the All Oncology Development Group.

Seminars

Tuesday 24th February 2026
Exploring the Safety & Efficacy Profile of ABBV-400 Across Solid Tumours & Laying the Path Forward for c-MET-Targeted ADCs
11:30 am
  • Laying out the history and progress made developing ADCs and other therapeutics against c-Met
  • Detailing the safety and efficacy profile of ABBV-400 across lung, CRC and solid tumour indications
  • Exploring lessons learned to optimise ABBV-400 clinical profile and evaluating the concept of ADCs as targeted therapies
Tuesday 24th February 2026
Chair:
Martha Neagu Speaker Photo - 16th World ADC London Summit