diff --git a/src/pages/patientView/timeline2/VAFChartUtils.spec.ts b/src/pages/patientView/timeline2/VAFChartUtils.spec.ts
index dd03279ffb5..732a0f9d6c2 100644
--- a/src/pages/patientView/timeline2/VAFChartUtils.spec.ts
+++ b/src/pages/patientView/timeline2/VAFChartUtils.spec.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
     IPoint,
     numLeadingDecimalZeros,
     round10,
+    minimalDistinctTickStrings,
     yValueScaleFunction,
 } from './VAFChartUtils';
 import { GROUP_BY_NONE } from '../timeline2/VAFChartControls';
@@ -940,6 +941,36 @@ describe('VAFChartUtils', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('minimalDistinctTickStrings', () => {
+        it('works with empty array', () => {
+            assert.deepEqual(minimalDistinctTickStrings([]), []);
+        });
+        it('converts to string', () => {
+            assert.deepEqual(minimalDistinctTickStrings([1]), ['1']);
+        });
+        it('deduplicate numbers', () => {
+            assert.deepEqual(minimalDistinctTickStrings([1, 1]), ['1']);
+        });
+        it('shows equals digits in fractional part', () => {
+            assert.deepEqual(minimalDistinctTickStrings([1, 1.1]), [
+                '1.0',
+                '1.1',
+            ]);
+        });
+        it('shows just enough numbers in fractional part to distinguish number', () => {
+            assert.deepEqual(
+                minimalDistinctTickStrings([0.01, 0.002, 0.0003]),
+                ['0.010', '0.002', '0.000']
+            );
+        });
+        it('falls back on the scientific notation of original numbers if 3 decimal digits are not enough to distinguish', () => {
+            assert.deepEqual(minimalDistinctTickStrings([0.0001, 0.000201]), [
+                '1e-4',
+                '2.01e-4',
+            ]);
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('yValueScaleFunction', () => {
         it('handles linear scale, zero minY tickmark', () => {
             const yPadding = 10;
diff --git a/src/pages/patientView/timeline2/VAFChartUtils.ts b/src/pages/patientView/timeline2/VAFChartUtils.ts
index 04c66b61154..88f4c548bae 100644
--- a/src/pages/patientView/timeline2/VAFChartUtils.ts
+++ b/src/pages/patientView/timeline2/VAFChartUtils.ts
@@ -329,3 +329,31 @@ export function numLeadingDecimalZeros(y: number) {
     if (y == 0 || y >= 0.1) return 0;
     return numberOfLeadingDecimalZeros(y);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Try to return tick labels with fractional part just long enogh to disttinguish them.
+ * It tries up to 3th positions in fractional part. Otherwise return scientific representation of original numbers.
+ * Function returns distinct labels.
+ * If input contains duplicates function deduplicates and return less labels that amount of input numbers.
+ * @param nums array of ticks as numbers
+ */
+export function minimalDistinctTickStrings(nums: number[]): string[] {
+    const distinctNums = nums.filter((v, i, a) => a.indexOf(v) === i);
+
+    const fractionalNumbersToShow = distinctNums.map(num =>
+        Number.isInteger(num) ? 0 : numLeadingDecimalZeros(num) + 1
+    );
+
+    const fromPos = Math.min(...fractionalNumbersToShow);
+    const toPos = 3;
+
+    for (let pos = fromPos; pos <= toPos; pos++) {
+        const labels = distinctNums
+            .map(num => num.toFixed(pos))
+            .filter((v, i, a) => a.indexOf(v) === i);
+        if (labels.length === distinctNums.length) {
+            return labels;
+        }
+    }
+    return distinctNums.map(num => num.toExponential());
+}
diff --git a/src/pages/patientView/timeline2/VAFChartWrapper.tsx b/src/pages/patientView/timeline2/VAFChartWrapper.tsx
index 5fc9d89a02b..329d7eae89a 100644
--- a/src/pages/patientView/timeline2/VAFChartWrapper.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/patientView/timeline2/VAFChartWrapper.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
     IPoint,
     numLeadingDecimalZeros,
     yValueScaleFunction,
+    minimalDistinctTickStrings,
 } from './VAFChartUtils';
 import { VAFChartHeader } from './VAFChartHeader';
 import {
@@ -123,14 +124,18 @@ export default class VAFChartWrapper extends React.Component<
     }
 
     @computed get ticks(): { label: string; value: number; offset: number }[] {
-        const tickmarkValues = getYAxisTickmarks(
+        let tickmarkValues = getYAxisTickmarks(
             this.minYTickmarkValue,
             this.maxYTickmarkValue
         );
-        const numDecimals = numLeadingDecimalZeros(this.minYTickmarkValue) + 1;
-        return _.map(tickmarkValues, (v: number) => {
+        const labels = minimalDistinctTickStrings(tickmarkValues);
+        const ticksHasDuplicates = tickmarkValues.length !== labels.length;
+        if (ticksHasDuplicates) {
+            tickmarkValues = labels.map(label => Number(label));
+        }
+        return _.map(tickmarkValues, (v: number, indx: number) => {
             return {
-                label: v.toFixed(numDecimals),
+                label: labels[indx],
                 value: v,
                 offset: this.scaleYValue(v),
             };