EU approves Astrazeneca vaccine for all over-18s The EU drugs regulator has approved the use of the Astrazeneca Covid vaccine for all people over the age of 18. The green light from the European Medicines Agency means Astrazeneca vaccine is the third to be approved by the EU, after those developed by Pfizer/Biontech and Moderna. The move follows an increasingly bitter dispute between the Anglo-Swedish firm and the EU over claims it has broken its vaccine delivery commitments to the bloc. Astrazeneca last week said it would cut back its original order pledge to the EU by 60 per cent following production issues at its European plants.