Dr. Rachel Smith is a research and development scientist for Labcorp Biopharmaceutical CMC Services. Her background is in mass spectrometry, and in addition to developing methods for LC-MS analysis of biotherapeutics, she leads the forced degradation and formulation development teams. Her particular focus has been on the development of workflows for intact and middle-up LC-MS characterization of mAbs and derivative fusion proteins, but she is experienced in all of the LC-MS biopharmaceutical characterization methods offered by Labcorp Biopharmaceutical CMC Services.