Description of Business	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of Business	Description of BusinessFluidigm Corporation (the Company, Fluidigm, we, our or us) creates, manufactures, and markets technologies and tools for life sciences research, including preparatory and analytical instruments for Mass Cytometry, PCR, Library Prep, Single Cell Genomics, and consumables, including integrated fluidic circuits (IFC), assays, and reagents. Our focus is on the most pressing needs in translational and clinical research, including infectious disease, cancer, immunology and immunotherapy. We sell our instruments, consumables and services to academic institutions, clinical laboratories, and contract research organizations, as well as biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, and agricultural biotechnology companies. The Company was formerly known as Mycometrix Corporation and changed its name to Fluidigm Corporation in April 2001. Fluidigm Corporation was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.

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