Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hong Guk-gi = SparkLabs, an early-stage startup accelerator (an organization that fosters startups through investment and mentoring), announced on the 16th that it will open a platform specializing in fostering bio and health startups called 'Mediopenlab' and begin full-scale operation. Mediopenlab is a platform established by the Korea Health Management Association and operated by SparkLabs' specialized accelerator 'SparkBiolab' to expand the discovery and fostering of bio and health startups. Mediopenlab's 'shared laboratory' established within the headquarters of the Health Management Association in Deungchon-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, has state-of-the-art research facilities worth 2 billion won and a digital healthcare analysis area where health checkup data can be utilized for research. <Excerpt from Yonhap News>